Santa Barbara-based Quintessent raises $40M in Series A
Santa Barbara-based Quintessent, a semiconductor company that specializes in resilient and low-cost AI datacenter optical interconnect products, announced it has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round. Announced Aug. 24, Quintessent also announced the start of a customer sampling of its single-chip quantum dot-based DWDM comb laser — a new class of light Read More →
Unemployment continues rising on the Central Coast
The Central Coast jobless rate is on the rise for the second consecutive month, jumping to 4.56% in July from 4.3% in June, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released Aug. 21. All three counties saw their unemployment rate increase in July. Ventura County’s rate was 4.7%, up from 4.5% in June. Read More →
Women and wealth panel
For our August Women & Wealth panel, we asked our experts to weigh in on longevity planning and some of the non-financial considerations for retirement. Our Q&A was conducted via email in mid-August and the responses were lightly edited. Our panelists are: Austyn Shepherd Abbas, senior vice president and private client manager at Bank of America, Nicole Read More →
Street smarts: Cottage’s latest hire expands access to specialized breast care
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805 law: Law firm sues its former operations director for fraud
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Coastal Commission hands fracking proposal setback
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CRE: Windfall farms neets $15M in sale
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