
MB&T, Baker Hill partnership helps small businesses
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, January 9th, 2026 / Banking & Finance, Economy, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Small Business, Subscriber content / Comments Off on MB&T, Baker Hill partnership helps small businesses
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Ever the optimist: Former OpenAI exec believes AI gains for entrepreneurs
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, January 9th, 2026 / Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Ever the optimist: Former OpenAI exec believes AI gains for entrepreneurs
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Update: Fed court declines to stay Sable’s oil production restart plans
By Mike Harris / Saturday, January 3rd, 2026 / Central Coast, Energy, Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County / Comments Off on Update: Fed court declines to stay Sable’s oil production restart plans
This story was updated on Jan. 2 to reflect Sable’s stock price. A federal appeals court on Dec. 31 denied a request by environmental groups to stay Texas-based Sable Offshore’s plans to restart oil production in Santa Barbara County. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco turned down the request in a Read More →

AppFolio sues competitor for false advertising, $7M in losses
By Mike Harris / Friday, January 2nd, 2026 / Latest news, Law & Goverment, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on AppFolio sues competitor for false advertising, $7M in losses
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Lucidean raises $18M in seed round
By Jorge Mercado / Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 / Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology / Comments Off on Lucidean raises $18M in seed round
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Direct Relief ranked No. 5 largest U.S. charity
By Jorge Mercado / Sunday, December 28th, 2025 / Latest news, middle, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County / Comments Off on Direct Relief ranked No. 5 largest U.S. charity
It has been a big year of change for Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief, welcoming a new chief executive, but the global humanitarian nonprofit is still helping people all around the world at a massive scale. That is why the nonprofit ranked as the fifth largest charity in the United States and one of the most Read More →
AppFolio sues competitor for alleged false advertising
By Mike Harris / Monday, December 22nd, 2025 / Latest news, Law & Goverment, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on AppFolio sues competitor for alleged false advertising
Santa Barbara-based AppFolio, a provider of cloud business management solutions for the real estate industry, has sued a competitor, Beagle Inc., for alleged false advertising and more. “Defendant Beagle, Inc. is named for a pet but runs its business like a parasite,” Appfolio’s lawsuit, filed Dec. 9 in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, says. “In Read More →







