Melinda Cabrera is stepping down as CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara on March 11. (courtesy photo) After nearly three years as the CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, ...

By Joey Heinrich In the business-to-business (B2B) world, checks have long been the preferred method of payment, but the rise of electronic options is changing the payables landscape. According to the ...

Now that 2026 is well underway, here’s an update from Pacific Coast Business Times as we gear up for our 26th anniversary year. • I’m pleased to announce that our Business Times Hall of Fame honoree ...

The Central Coast economy is increasingly driven by S.E.X. That’s not exactly what you might be thinking. But when it comes to sports, entertainment and the business of exhibitions and film, the ...

By Jocelyn Brennan Drive down West Grand Avenue in Grover Beach today, and it is hard to remember that this corridor once sat quiet and overlooked. For decades, the “West End” of Grover Beach was an ...

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation celebrated a milestone year for its Teacher Grants program, awarding a record-breaking $228,000 to educators across the Santa Barbara Unified School District at ...

Hub International, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, is bullish on the Central Coast agriculture sector. Jeff Gullickson, president of Western Growers Insurance Services, which ...

Westlake Village-based PennyMac Financial Services announced that it has agreed to acquire the subservicing business of Cenlar Capital Corporation for $172.5 million in an all-cash transaction, which ...

Moorpark College has received full approval to offer a new Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Cyberdefense and Network Operations, opening the door to careers in one of the region’s fastest-growing ...

By Staff Report A new report from J.C. Casillas at NAI Capital highlighted that in the fourth quarter of 2025, Ventura County’s multifamily housing market reflected shifting dynamics as new supply ...

Ventura hosted the X Games in 2023 and 2024, seeing economic benefits. (courtesy photo) Ventura County stakeholderslaunched a task force to work on capturing economic benefits from two upcoming global ...

Researchers from InvestorsObserver compared the most popular gifts and their costs in 2016 and 2026 and found that the majority of gifts got a lot more expensive over the last decade. Released Feb. 5, ...