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UCSB names new chancellor

By   /  Thursday, July 17th, 2025  /  Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story  /  Comments Off on UCSB names new chancellor

UC Santa Barbara named its sixth chancellor on July 17 when the university announced that Dr. Dennis Assanis has been approved by the UC Board of Regents to be UCSB’s next man in charge. Assanis, who is succeeding longtime Chancellor Henry Yang, will assume his new role on September 1. The UC Regents also approved Assanis’s Read More →

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200 people arrested by federal agents following Glass House raid

By   /  Friday, July 11th, 2025  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County  /  Comments Off on 200 people arrested by federal agents following Glass House raid

The fallout from the federal agent’s raid of Glass House Farms’ operations in both Carpinteria and Camarillo is still being felt, with approximately 200 people across both sites being arrested, the Department of Homeland Security announced on July 11. Federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security agents stormed both Glass House Read More →

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Feds raid area cannabis operations

By   /  Thursday, July 10th, 2025  /  Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story  /  Comments Off on Feds raid area cannabis operations

Federal agents took aim at one of the Central Coast’s publicly traded companies on July 10 when a Homeland Security Investigations unit raided Glass House Farms, a cannabis farm with operations in both Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Raids at Glass House’s farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo were conducted concurrently on July 10. Glass House Read More →

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Santa Barbara’s El Encanto Hotel sells for $82.2M to Tinder co-founder

By   /  Wednesday, July 9th, 2025  /  Latest news, Real Estate, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Tourism  /  Comments Off on Santa Barbara’s El Encanto Hotel sells for $82.2M to Tinder co-founder

Santa Barbara’s five-star gem El Encanto Hotel is under new ownership after Justin Mateen, Tyler Mateen and the Cayton family combined to purchase the historic estate for $82.2 million. Announced July 8, the Mateen’s and Culver Capital, which is represented by principal Garrett Cayton, purchased El Encanto from Belmond, a luxury hospitality brand owned by LVMH. LVMH Read More →

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Central Coast agriculture gross value up in 2024

By   /  Thursday, July 3rd, 2025  /  Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Central Coast agriculture gross value up in 2024

The gross value of agriculture in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties increased by 7% in 2024 over 2023, according to their recently released annual crop and livestock reports. In 2024, Ventura County’s estimated gross value was $2.3 billion, its findings, made public June 24, said. Santa Barbara County’s was $2 billion, its report, released July Read More →

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CSUCI president steps down, joins DataPhilanthropy

By   /  Tuesday, July 1st, 2025  /  Higher Education, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County  /  Comments Off on CSUCI president steps down, joins DataPhilanthropy

CSU Channel Island is undergoing a leadership change as President Richard Yao steps down this summer to join the Trade Desk founder Jeff Green’s family foundation. Yao will leave his post effective Aug. 1, an unusually rapid departure for a CSU president, and he will transition quickly to the presidency of DataPhilanthropy as the foundation’s Read More →

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VC leaders stand in solidarity with undocumented farmworkers

By   /  Friday, June 27th, 2025  /  Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County  /  Comments Off on VC leaders stand in solidarity with undocumented farmworkers

Ventura County officials, community leaders and clergy members gathered June 27 to decry federal immigration raids and to offer support to undocumented farmworkers facing possible arrest. “We’re coming together to stand in support of the human rights of immigrants,” Martita Martinez-Bravo, the executive director of Friends of Fieldworkers, told the Business Times at the Stand Read More →