Unemployment in region ticks up in June but remains near historic lows
The June 2022 combined unemployment rate for the tri-county area was 2.96%, an increase from the record-low regional unemployment rate of 2.5 in May 2022, according to data released July 22 by the California Unemployment Development Department. The June 2022 tri-county was still well below last year’s June unemployment rate of 6.2%. California’s unemployment rate Read More →
Webb’s images of deep space and deep past wouldn’t be possible without region’s companies
The James Webb Space Telescope, which is allowing us to peer billions of years into the past, was built and launched with the help of 14 countries, a $10 billion NASA fund, and more than 300 agencies, universities and companies — including a handful in the tri-county region. NASA’s first batch of images from the Read More →
Cal Poly Ventures invests in animal health spin-out
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Community Health Centers honored for safety net and pandemic programs
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Real Estate: Vacant Atascadero property slated for mixed-use development
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Cal Poly professors tackle agricultural supply chain problems
In 2019, Cyrus Ramezani, a professor at the Orfalea School of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, was studying the effects on the agricultural industry of new tariffs on exports to China. That disruption was small compared to what came next, as the COVID-19 pandemic shook up supply chains around the world and then Read More →
State budgets funds to keep Diablo Canyon open
California decided to retire the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant six years ago, but state and federal officials and the plant’s operator have taken new steps toward potentially keeping it open past its scheduled 2025 closure date. Located on San Luis Obispo County’s coast, Diablo Canyon powers two water reactor units licensed until 2024 and Read More →
