An Apeel-ing lemon venture for Limoneira

Santa Paula-based Limoneira, a grower of lemons and avocados, has signed an exclusive licensing relationship with Apeel Sciences, the Goleta-based company that has developed a system for increasing the shelf life of fresh produce, the company announced May 11. But for Limoneira CEO Harold Edwards, the most exciting part of the deal is the new Read More →

Dubroff: Banking crisis hits Central Coast with First Republic seizure, sale

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Notable rebuild of SLO’s historic Anderson Hotel begins
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Judge finds $1.9B sale of MindBody ‘corrupt’

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Meissner building $250M Georgia plant

Camarillo-based life sciences firm Meissner Corporation is planning to build a second, nearly $250 million manufacturing facility in the United States. The facility will be in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, which has a modest biotech hub. The project, which the company says is expected to create more than 1,700 jobs over the next eight years, was Read More →
Latinos drive most of U.S. GDP growth

The economic contributions of Latinos in the United State are large and rapidly growing, according to a report that was the focus of a March 29 program at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. “As a summary statistic for the economic performance of Latinos in the United States, the 2020 Latino GDP is extraordinary,” the Read More →

CRE: Premier Santa Barbara restaurant changes hands
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