Trust Automation CEO Ty Safreno alongside wife and CFO Trudie Safreno. (courtesy photo) By L. Wayne Hicks Special to the Business Times The business of Trust Automation is looking up, literally. The ...

Students and staff celebrate a successful Eco-E Innovation Project at the Bren School. (courtesy photo) By Paula Aven Gladych The Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara ...

Ryan Millner, left, and Ashwin Singhania founded Unwrap.AI in 2021 after the two worked together at Amazon and Graphiq. (courtesy photo) Artificial intelligence is all the rage in the tech industry, ...

L-R: Brenton Taylor, Ali Bauerlein and Byron Myers founded their Goleta-based company, Inogen, 25 years ago. (Eric Isaacs Photo) Most college students who go home for winter break are excited to ...

By Luke Rhyner After two years of subdued activity, the franchise M&A market is entering an opportune window for prepared operators. Valuations have recalibrated, operators have rebuilt liquidity, and ...

Andreas Forsland founded Cognixion in 2014 after his mother was hospitalized and unable to communicate in 2012. (courtesy photo) By Paula Aven Gladych Special to the Business Times Santa Barbara-based ...

Heather Long has been studying the finances of America’s families for much of the 21stCentury. And as chief economist for Navy Federal Credit Union, the nation’s largest with $200 billion in assets, ...

ShelterBox USA will host its annual International Women’s Day Celebration on March 3 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito. International Women’s Day celebrates the ...

Given the struggling labor market, those who are employed in 2026 are clinging to their jobs as job hugging, clinging to a current role out of market fear rather than loyalty, is becoming more common, ...

Hancock Terrace, a 272-unit multifamily property in Santa Maria, was sold for $75 million, or $275,735 per unit, according to a Feb. 19 press release. Institutional Property Advisors, a division of ...

It continues to be a rough time in the market for The Trade Desk. After the Ventua-based company announced its fourth quarter and full year earnings, shares continued the trend they’ve followed for ...

Matthew Fienup, executive director of California Lutheran University's Center for Economic Research & Forecasting, presents the think tank's three-year Ventura County forecast at the Scherr Forum ...