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By Staff Report / Thursday, March 5th, 2026 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Central Coast companies announce strategic collaborations
• Carpinteria-based Procore has announced a new strategic partnership with United Rentals, the world’s largest equipment rental company. Announced Feb. 26, the integration enables shared customers to seamlessly bring United Rentals rental equipment data directly into the Procore Resource Management solution, expanding visibility and simplifying equipment management across jobsites. The integration is part of United Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, March 5th, 2026 / Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County / Comments Off on 5 Central Coast businesses selected for state funding
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $2 million in funding for 37 startups across the state, five of which reside on the Central Coast. The funding is through California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate’s (CalOSBA) Innovation Grant Awards, as the state is looking to invest in firms in health technology, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, artificial Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 / East Ventura County, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Technology / Comments Off on Semtech makes $34M data center purchase
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By Mike Harris / Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 / Latest news, Law & Goverment, middle, Ventura County / Comments Off on Former Ventura County CEO settles sexual harassment lawsuit
Ventura County and its former CEO, Mike Powers, have agreed to a settlement with a former employee who sued him for alleged sexual and racial harassment and discrimination from 2019 to 2021. A notice of a conditional settlement was filed in Ventura County Superior Court Feb. 24. Terms of the settlement are not disclosed in Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Wyatt family makes historic $5M donation to SB Neighborhood Clinics
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By Jorge Mercado / Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 / Latest news, Santa Barbara County / Comments Off on Santa Barbara Rental Property Association files legal challenge to halt city’s temporary rent freeze
In an effort to call the city of Santa Barbara’s temporary rent freeze ordinance illegal, the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association is taking legal action against the city to invalidate the freeze, according to Cappello & Noël LLP, the Santa Barbara-based law firm representing the association The move comes after the Santa Barbara City Council Read More →