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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, March 17th, 2025 / Higher Education, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Cal Poly to launch new bachelor’s degrees at Hancock College
Allan Hancock College and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are partnering to expand access to in-person bachelor’s degrees in northern Santa Barbara County. Starting in fall 2026, Cal Poly will offer a B.S. degree in business administration at the community college’s Santa Maria campus, it was announced March 17. Cal Poly is also committed to Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, March 14th, 2025 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: The Business Times, 25, and MB&T, 50, share a unique birthday
We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this week and it happens to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Montecito Bank & Trust, also founded on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Both companies are privately held and independent, so I thought that rather than focus just on The Business Times, I’d invite Janet Garufis, Chair and CEO Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, March 14th, 2025 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Street smarts: Ventura County Clerk/Recorder named Woman of the Year
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By Staff Report / Friday, March 14th, 2025 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content / Comments Off on CRE: Historic 350-acre parcel in Montecito purchased, will be protected as open space
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By Staff Report / Friday, March 14th, 2025 / Central Coast, Columns, Economy, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Focus on finance quarterly roundtable
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Focus on Finance, a new report from the Business Times. We’ve had such strong responses to our Spring and Fall forecasts that we’re adding March and August panel discussions to give you a quarterly look at the markets. In this issue, we take a timely look at investing in the Trump era. Our Read More →
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By Mike Harris / Thursday, March 13th, 2025 / Latest news, middle, Real Estate, Santa Barbara County / Comments Off on South Coast commercial real estate sales see strong 4Q
Commercial real estate sales in Santa Barbara County’s South Coast market saw a major uptick in the fourth quarter of 2024 over the fourth quarter of 2023. That’s according to Santa Barbara-based Radius Commercial Real Estate’s fourth quarter 2024 report released March 12 at its 15th annual real estate and economic forecast event at the Hilton Read More →