Tri-county unemployment finally slows down upward trend
After three consecutive months of rising unemployment along the Central Coast, each of the tri-counties finally slowed that trend down in September according to the latest data from the California Employment Development Department. Released Oct. 18, the unemployment rate of the tri-counties was at 4.3% in September, down from an unemployment rate of 4.73% in August and Read More →

Cancer Support Community highlights the power of coming together
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Small, mid-size business owners optimistic for 2025
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Troubled Simi Valley Town Center sold once again
The long-struggling Simi Town Center has been sold for $38 million, the latest time it has switched hands since opening in 2005. Archway Capital announced Oct. 16 that it provided a $22.8-million loan to help acquire the 593,827-square-foot open-air shopping mall in Simi Valley. The new owners are SteelWave, a San Mateo-based commercial real estate developer, and Read More →

AeroVironment wins contract, work to be done in Simi
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Camarillo building bigger biotech cluster
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UCSB’s Montell wins $5.5M from NIH
UC Santa Barbara Professor Denise Montell was awarded a Pioneer Award by the National Institutes of Health which comes with $5.5 million of funding over the next five years to further develop her work on immunotherapy, the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. She said in a press release that she Read More →







