Jana Petersen will be the County of Santa Barbara's new CEO, pending contract approval, on Aug. 20. (courtesy photo) The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has named its next county executive ...

Daily nonstop service from SLO County Airport to Las Vegas on Alaska Airlines resumed starting Oct. 4. (courtesy photo) The San Luis Obispo County Airport will be receiving $2.25 million in federal ...

The kidSTREAM Children's Museum in Camarillo will host its grand opening May 21. (courtesy photo) The kidSTREAM Children’s Museum in Camarillo is scheduled to open May 21 and is expected to boost ...

Biotech giant Amgen is welcoming a familiar face to its C-suite after it was announced that Peter Griffith, who has served as the company’s executive vice president and CFO since 2020, will be ...

For our Spring Forecast Investor panel, we asked a group of experts to weigh in on earnings, interest rates and emerging trends. The Q&A with Founder Henry Dubroff was conducted via email in early May ...

By Mike Harris Staff Writer Santa Barbara County District Attorney John Savrnoch has launched a new, dedicated email address for reporting suspected scams: reportfraud@countyofsb.org. Savrnoch is also ...

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, which is celebrating its 100th year in business in 2026, has been named the 2026 California Nonprofit of the Year by Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón. “I am ...

Ventura-based The Trade Desk, once the darling of publicly traded companies on the Central Coast, has seen a dramatic decline in the past year, with shares falling more than 70% due to increased ...

By Bryan Esarco Nearly six million small to midsize businesses will be ready for transfer by 2035, according to Forbes. Being prepared is the first part of the sale process; are you and your family ...

By Staff Report When it comes to family businesses, each enterprise comes with its own set of dynamics and a distinct corporate culture. Surveys and quantitative metrics don’t always capture the role ...

By Staff Report Commercial sales activity in Santa Barbara County’s South Coast surged in the first quarter of 2026, producing one of the highest-volume quarters on record by dollar value, according ...

A new peer-reviewed study conducted by Cal Poly faculty and scientists found that building density, not urban trees, was the strongest predictor of whether homes were destroyed during the catastrophic ...