UC Santa Barbara’s professors and researchers have played a major role in breakthroughs in quantum science and artificial intelligence, but now they might also be responsible for ushering in a new age ...

A soldier launches a test flight of an AeroVironment Puma drone. (courtesy photo) A week after AeroVironment shares plummeted because of an accounting error, shares are back on the rise after the ...

Westlake Village-based Energy Vault has joined the Russell 2000 Index following the conclusion of the group's annual reconstitution, the company announced at market open on June 29. The June ...

Sonos, a maker of audio products, is trimming its workforce by 3% after the company confirmed it would be laying people off, including some positions at its headquarters in Santa Barbara. First ...

The tri-county unemployment rate in May hit a new low in a while, sitting at 3.73% in the latest report, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released June 19 ...

One of the Business Times signature special reports recognizes Latino industry leaders in business, education, health care and nonprofits. The Pacific Coast Business Times scholarship award will be ...

When Esmeralda Juarez was a teenager in Ventura, her family shopped at the weekend swap meet at the old 101 Drive-In movie theater. One day she met a vendor who spoke fluent Chinese and good English, ...

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Since being integrated into the Business Times’ special reports lineup five years ago, Central Coast Best Places to Work has quickly turned into one of the most popular publications on our editorial ...

One of the things about a great downtown is that it can fall on hard times, hit bottom and then begin all over again as the cycle turns. Sometimes it’s a single event that serves as a catalyst. Most ...

By John Grace For decades, investors have been spoiled by one of the greatest wealth-building runs in history. The U.S. stock market has delivered roughly 10% annual returns over the past century, ...

By Claudia Cordova Rucker A packed schedule, a growing client list, a bustling team: from the outside, this might look like success. But a busy schedule does not mean business health — it simply ...