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By Henry Dubroff / Monday, March 10th, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Columns, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Dubroff: Jim Glines: Advocate, banker, community pillar
If you wanted to meet the elder stateman of banking in North Santa Barbara County, you might find him serving up tri-tip at a charity barbecue. Or taking the microphone as the volunteer auctioneer at a nonprofit fundraiser. Jim Glines was a force to be reckoned with, rising from a college graduate and management trainee at Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, March 10th, 2025 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Street smarts: Ojai women’s fund turns 10, aims for record breaking gift
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By Amanda Marroquin / Monday, March 3rd, 2025 / Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Small Business, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on A delicious treat: Rori’s Creamery looks to expand, keep hometown feel alive
Growing up, Rori Trovato looked forward to Sundays, the days she would go over to her grandma’s house and eat her freshly-churned, homemade ice cream. Decades later, she turned her love for homemade ice cream into Rori’s Artisanal Creamery — an ice cream shop that has plans for expansion in 2025 after roaring success over Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, March 3rd, 2025 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Street smarts: City of Goleta, WEV partner to address childcare
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By Mike Harris / Monday, March 3rd, 2025 / Central Coast, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Central Coast officials fret over funding freeze, DOGE cuts
Central Coast universities, nonprofits and support organizations are keeping close tabs on the Trump Administration’s attempts to cut trillions of dollars in federal funding. Republican President Donald Trump has vowed to cut wasteful federal spending but Democrats have challenged the funding freeze in court with some success. Meanwhile, regional universities, including Cal Poly San Luis Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, February 20th, 2025 / Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Vital signs: CEF gives year-to-date outlook on national economy
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By Mike Harris / Thursday, February 20th, 2025 / Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Ventura County / Comments Off on CERF report paints lackluster economic picture for Ventura County
Ventura County is experiencing a prolonged period of economic weakness, according to the 2025 forecast from the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. “CERF’s forecast of average annual (GDP) growth from 2024 to 2027 is an improvement, but not hugely so, at an expansion of only 0.1%,” the Read More →
