Students advised to learn AI workplace skills
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Pending cuts to Medi-Cal dominate VC hospitals summit
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Ventech panel discusses AI and effects on the workplace
Santa Barbara’s Cabrillo Pavilion was packed out on Oct. 21 as nearly 200 people gathered to hear Ventech’s panel titled “The Future of Work: Humans + AI Agents,” and the beginning of the program already provided an interesting insight into how many people are using AI. Moderator and Ventech board member Mike Wald asked a Read More →
Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union and an influential figure in politics on the Central Coast, has died at her Bakersfield home. She was 96 and the cause was cancer, a spokesperson said. Huerta and her late husband, labor leader Cesar Chavez, co-founded the UFW and led a landmark effort to secure better Read More →
CI economist finds his niche in research
CSU Channel Islands economist Miguel Delgado Helleseter got into his field almost by chance. “I was not extremely good at math, so I knew that engineering-type careers were not a path for me,” he told the Business Times. “And I had thought about pursuing law, but my brother who really doesn’t like lawyers, persuaded me Read More →
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden announces $30M centennial campaign
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Central Coast jobless rate sees slight decrease in September
After three consecutive months of a rising unemployment rate, the Central Coast saw some good news for September, with the jobless rate dropping to 4.66% from 4.76% in August, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released Oct. 16. All three counties saw their unemployment rate decrease in September. Ventura County’s rate was Read More →
