UC Santa Barbara hosted a NCAA Regional during the May 31 weekend, bringing in attendees and dollars. (courtesy photo) UC ...

Agoura Hills-based A2 Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage cell therapy company, on Jan. 9 announced the closing of its $80 ...

One year after the company raised $22 million in financing, Camarillo-based PBS Biotech secured another $17 million in follow-on growth capital from Avego Management and BroadOak Capital Partners.

There were a lot of economic questions answered in 2024, such as the Federal Reserve finally issuing some rate cuts and of course, the November results which saw the re-election of Donald Trump to the ...

Several seniors who live in the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara’s housing received a special gift this holiday season. Santa Barbara's Unity Shoppe provided seniors holiday gifts ...

Mentoring is one of the secret ingredients to being a successful manager, entrepreneur, or business owner. That’s why we’re happy to recognize January as National Mentoring Month and celebrate one of ...

Deckers had a record year in 2024, reaching a record market capitalization of over $31 billion. (courtesy photo) The tri-county region enters 2025 with 33 publicly traded companies headquartered here, ...

City National Rochdale ends the year with a note about S&P 500 valuations, with P/E ration expansion driven by the Magnificent 7 tech stocks. Outside of those high flyers, City National writes that it ...

Let's get this out of the way now. If you got tired of hearing about artificial intelligence and how it is going to revolutionize our way of life, well, fair warning, that isn't going to stop in 2025.

I’ll start the New Year with a prediction about one of the Central Coast’s prized agricultural products. Avocados are going to be at the center of trade tension between the U.S. and Mexico in 2025.

Pearce is a key operator on the Edwards & Sanborn solar and energy storage project in Kern County. (courtesy photo) Fifteen years ago, Paso Robles-based Pearce Services was just breaking into the ...

Despite successful IPOs from the likes of Ibotta, Reddit and OneStream, 2024 didn’t provide the influx of capital-raising opportunities that many late-stage tech startups and venture capitalists have ...