By Jason Bietz The latest Bank of America Business Owner Report confirms what we see every day from entrepreneurs across our communities: cautious yet determined optimism. Nearly three in four ...

By Jonathan Fraser Light It’s time to look at some of the new employment laws that will impact businesses in 2026. The state’s mandatory minimum wage is going up from $16.50 an hour in 2025 to $16.90 ...

A rendering of Amgen's new science and innovation center in Thousand Oaks. (courtesy photo) By Staff Report The tri-county region enters 2024 with 35 publicly traded companies headquartered here, with ...

Last year produced plenty of volatility, more tariff drama than many CEOs care to remember, and, through it all, solid economic growth, lower interest rates and double-digit gains for stocks. On the ...

Santa Barbara-based real estate firm The Paskin Group acquired the Stonebrook Village Apartments, a 216-unit multifamily complex in Frisco, Texas, in December. (courtesy photo) By Staff Report The U.S ...

Santa Barbara’s Cottage Hospital has earned Top Teaching Hospital recognition for outstanding achievement in patient safety and quality from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit national watchdog ...

When it comes to the business of winter storms, we do not expect local news outlets to be skilled at cost-benefit analysis. However, the storms that dropped up to 12 inches or more of rain on the Cent ...

Santa Barbara-based AppFolio, a provider of cloud business management solutions for the real estate industry, has sued a competitor, Beagle Inc., for alleged unfair competition, false advertising and ...

Calavo is aiming to get back to its core business model of avocados and guacamole after the sale of its fresh cut business. (courtesy photo) Limoneira and Mission Produce, two of the tri-county region ...

Whether it was because of tariff madness, interest rates, problems overseas, or all of the above, 2025 was filled with a lot of economic uncertainty. Unfortunately for the masses, 2026 will carry a ...