L-R, Julie Henley, partner at Entrada Ventures and Kavitta Ghai, co-founder of Nectir AI, participate in a Feb. 3 panel on raising capital hosted by Alliance for SoCal Innovation. Jade Tran, senior ...

Cal Poly's Student Housing Project. Courtesy Steinberg Hart Architects Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the price of building materials has only gone up and even as costs to build began to ...

The 40” x 60” format is significant for the industry and a major commercialization milestone for NEXT Energy Technologies. (courtesy photo) By Amanda Marroquin Special to the Business Times Next ...

Sierra Bancorp, the parent company of Bank of the Sierra, announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2024 on Jan. 27, noting that consolidated net income was $10.4 million for the quarter, up ...

John W. “Bill” Yerkes, a Stanford-trained engineer who for decades championed the cause of solar cells for commercial use and was known as the “father of the solar industry,” has died in Santa Barbara ...

The saga of the shuttered Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara entered a new chapter this month when companies affiliated with owner Ty Warner sued Lloyds of London and other global insurers seeking ...

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Santa Barbara-based Unwrap.AI founders Ryan Millner, left, the company’s CEO and Ashwin Singhania, the company’s chief product officer . The company has raised over $3 million in funding so far and ...

By John Grace What’s next for investors in 2025, you ask? Bubbles last as long as everyone can hop on the carousel. Then the music stops — or worse, the carousel catches fire. With the S&P 500 ...

Reach Summit was held on Jan. 30 and I couldn't help but be impressed at the amount of opportunity that is coming to the Central Coast. From artificial intelligence to aerospace and from workforce to ...