Updated: CSUCI’s Guajardo named to CSU Board of Trustees
Jul 31, 2024 · This story was updated on July 31 to include new details. The updated piece was written by Mike Harris. CSU Channel Islands nursing student Jazmin Guajardo has become the university’s first student to be appointed to the CSU Board of Trustees. As the sole student trustee for 2024-26, Guajardo will represent all 450,000 students in the 23-campus
Apeel CEO steps down, mission remains same
Feb 28, 2024 · Apeel Sciences founders, from left: Jenny Du, James Rogers and Louis Perez. Rogers won the Entrepreneur of the Year award. (courtesy photo) When James Rogers founded Goleta-based Apeel Sciences in 2012, he believed the hardest part of steering the company would be finding new ways to coat each fruit to help the …
AeroVironment moves headquarters out of Simi Valley
Jun 15, 2021 · The company has 915 employees, 746 of them in Simi Valley or Moorpark. AeroVironment was founded in 1971, and in 2018 it moved its headquarters from Monrovia to Simi Valley. By the time AeroVironment made that move, it had around 600 employees already working at a few sites in Simi Valley and Moorpark. AeroVironment was the only publicly traded ...
Top Stories | Pacific Coast Business Times
Expond continues expansion across SB County. By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, September 19th, 2024 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories / Comments Off. It has been about three years since Expond — short for Experience on Demand — first jumped onto the scene to fill a void left by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sale of SBB&T means end of an era | Pacific Coast Business Times
Mar 16, 2012 · After generating hundreds of millions of dollars for the bank, sold for $10 million in a fire sale after being nearly banned by the IRS. Clough said the program did not bring down the Santa Barbara Bank & Trust name. Instead, he said, the economic downturn torpedoed real estate values, and Pacific Capital sank with them.
Bold action by Fed increases odds of soft landing
Sep 18, 2024 · The Federal Reserve began its historic pivot on Sept. 18 moving to unwind interest rates and stave off recession. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, center, at the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting in 2022. (courtesy photo) The 50-basis point move on Sept. 18 met Wall Street expectations for bold action and was greeted with relief
Banc of California closes merger with PacWest, raises $400M
Nov 30, 2023 · Jared Wolff, CEO and President of Banc of California. (courtesy photo) Los Angeles-based Banc of California announced the completion of its all-stock merger with PacWest Bancorp, which will take effect Dec. 1. Announced on Nov. 30, Pacific Western Bank, a subsidiary of PacWest Bancorp, has now merged into Banc of California meaning the combined bank
Jordano’s Foodservice expands Goleta footprint
Jan 13, 2023 · By Madeleine Benn Friday, January 13th, 2023. Goleta-based Jordano’s Foodservice, a family-owned broad line foodservice distributor, announced Jan. 11 that the company has increased its cooler distribution center. With the additional 27,000 square feet of cooler space, Jordano’s will be adding — bringing its total to nearly 140,000 square ...
Study says U.S. Latino GDP is among the largest in the world
Sep 16, 2024 · In the face of the pandemic from 2019-22, the U.S. Latino GDP surpassed China as the fastest-growing GDP among the world’s major economies, according to a new report from UCLA and California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Released Sept. 10, the 2024 U.S. Latino GDP Report also found that the U.S. Latino total economic output
Special Reports & Nominations | Pacific Coast Business Times
Our report of entrepreneurs in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties who are pushing the envelope by creating new products, services and solutions. This report is presented alongside the Startup Village, which recognizes bold and innovative ideas from college students in the region. NOMINATIONS CLOSE: January 19, 2024.