By Mike Stoker Santa Barbara County is at a crossroads, and once again, local officials are looking to the pockets of hardworking residents to solve a crisis of their own making. The proposal to hike ...

William Nasif founded full-service public accounting firm Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., LLP in 1976. (courtesy photo) Full-service public accounting firm Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., LLP is celebrating ...

Deckers Brands has figured out how to play the Trump economy, and it has done it without fanfare but with exquisite timing. The company’s shares were down in the dumps just 18 months ago, and the situ ...

Just when you thought Sable Offshore was going to perfect the art of Trump whispering and get a license pump oil from its Santa Barbara County platforms, a law enforcement action has popped up. Could ...

The California State University announced the recipients of this year’s Wang Family Excellence Award, an annual award that honors individuals whose excellence in teaching, scholarship, service and ...

By Staff Report Housing Trust Fund Ventura County has been notified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development that it has been awarded $4.4 million from the final round of the ...

Visit Santa Barbara president and CEO Kathy Janega-Dykes gave welcoming remarks during the annual tourism summit on Jan. 28. (courtesy photo) Visit Santa Barbara, which promotes travel to Santa ...

A new report from Construction Coverage found that the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara Metro's median rent is up to $3,684, the highest among all midsize metros in the United States. Announced Jan. 29, ...

Hoka One One running shoes are helping to drive record sales for Deckers Brands (courtesy photo) Shares of Goleta-based Deckers have taken off to start the new year, and they show no signs of slowing ...

Amazon announced it will be closing its Amazon Fresh store in Moorpark, located at 742 Los Angeles Ave. (courtesy photo) In the days after Amazon announced it was laying off 16,000 workers and ...

As with the start of any new year, news is beginning to ramp up and so I thought I would take the time in this month’s tech column to bring up some of the bigger recent headlines that will get more ...

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen saw total revenues of $36.8 billion in 2025, a 10% hike over 2024, according to the global firm’s 2025 and fourth quarter earnings report released Feb. 3.