All the members of the 2025 Pitchfest are on stage waiting to hear the results. (Jorge Mercado / PCBT Staff) It has been a big couple of years for Santa Barbara-based Cadense. Since 2024, the footwear ...

The staff of the CalPrivate Bank’s newest branch in Montecito. From left to right, Rob Mandelbaum, Nancy Vrankovic, Frank Roach, Rick Sowers, Paul Azzi, Selwyn Isakow, George Leis, Zina Robinson and ...

Westlake Village-based Energy Vault, a global energy storage company, received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange on April 16 that the company is not in compliance with NYSE’s continued listing ...

Sansum Clinic breast radiologist Dr Winifred Leung looking at a scan. Leung has over 15 years of medical experience working as a diagnostic radiologist in Santa Barbara. (courtesy photo) A cancer ...

The unemployment rate in each of the tri-counties saw slight declines in March, a sigh of relief for the Central Coast as a whole after a very turbulent February. According to the latest data provided ...

At a difficult moment for the economy, restaurants are really in the crosshairs. Squeezed between rising costs for food, possible tariffs on imports, overregulated labor conditions and high crime in ...

By John Grace Imagine you sold two businesses, netting $5 million. You’ve done the math, and a 4% withdrawal rate provides a comfortable $200,000 per year in retirement. Life is good, and you’re set ...

For the past eight years, Meathead Movers CEO Aaron Steed has battled the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over allegations of age discrimination. Now he’s battling to save his company. The ...

Santa Barbara County residents will have a new banking option beginning April 17, as CalPrivate Bank announced that it will be opening a new branch in Montecito led by Santa Barbara local, George Leis ...