The tri county unemployment rate in March was 4.4%, a drop from 4.8% in February and 5.03% in January, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released May 1.

By Steve Ellison Special to the Business Times Cantaloupe AI, a recruiting platform that automates frontline hiring using voice interviews and delivers ranked recommendations, took home the grand ...

Guayabito Farms and Premier Berry Farms in Ventura County are closing effective June 6. The strawberry farms disclosed the shuttering of operations in state WARN Act notices dated April 7. The Worker ...

Odin Diagnostics Founder and CEO Connor Heffler is delivering his pitch to the crowd. (courtesy photo) Hundreds of members from the Santa Barbara community — from investors to business owners to curio ...

What was once seen as one of the solutions to California’s energy crisis, assuming the state had actually shut down the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, is now in danger of having the plug pulled. Golden ...

In recent months, the Business Times has been reporting on the dispute between the Santa Barbara County Vintners Association and a group of independent winemakers who are frustrated by a mandated 1% ...

By Eric Zackrison "Work harder" is the default response to underperformance in most organizations. Miss a target? Increase activity. Fall behind on goals? Add more meetings, more outreach, more effort ...

Project ReWear in Thousand Oaks only sells items between $8 and $18 to “keep fashion affordable.” (courtesy photo) After 24 years, Kimberly Lau decided she wanted to leave the wealth management ...

Joey Zumaya has spent the last 11 years at LinkedIn, climbing the ladder. He also founded The Zumaya Group in 2020. (courtesy photo) Joey Zumaya’s rich family ancestry can be traced back to Lieutenant ...

Sable Offshore Corp. is continuing oil production at its Santa Ynez Unit off Santa Barbara County’s coast despite a judge upholding an injunction barring the company from using the unit’s onshore ...

Little Kitchen Academy, a Montessori-inspired cooking academy for children and teens ages 3 to 18, is opening its new flagship location in Summer 2026 at The Oaks in Thousand Oaks, one of Southern ...

Renewable energy programs now serve 90% of residents across the tri-county region, according to a new five-year report from the Santa Barbara-based Community Environmental Council. The non-profit says ...