We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this week and it happens to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Montecito Bank & Trust, also founded on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Both companies are ...

Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Ventura) announced March 10 that he selected County of Ventura Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Michelle Ascencion as his 2025 Woman of the Year. In observance of ...

With the current issue of the Business Times, we’re turning over to a new year — and celebrating 25 years as the Central Coast’s voice for business news and information. On March 17, 2000, we launched ...

By John Garcia Imagine a classroom where artificial intelligence (AI) instantly writes essays, flawlessly solves complex math problems, and generates computer code in any programming language. Today, ...

Welcome to Focus on Finance, a new report from the Business Times. We've had such strong responses to our Spring and Fall forecasts that we're adding March and August panel discussions to give you a ...

Bob Dumouchel, president of nonprofit Softec, a Central Coast tech networking organization. (courtesy photo) Tech networking organization Softec seeks to support a vibrant entrepreneurial culture in ...

BMO Economics is quick to support that from an equity markets perspective, the U.S. was losing its trade war with Canada. While tariffs are a negative, it writes “The U.S. Administration’s tone might ...

Economist Christopher Thornberg was the keynote speaker at Radius Commercial Real Estate's 15th annual forecast event held March 12 at the Hilton Beachfront Resort in Santa Barbara. (Mike Harris / PCB ...

A new survey from CreditCards.com found that 20% of Americans have admitted to doom spending, or making excessive or impulsive purchases driven by fear and anxiety about the future, due to the ...

National indices saw some positive movement when President Donald Trump was first elected back in November, but since he stepped back into the Oval Office officially in mid-January, the ride has ...

From left to right, Joe Rupnow, VP of new enterprises, Brett Matthews, president and CEO, and Christi Phreaner, director of research and development at Kate Farms. (Jorge Mercado / PCBT Staff) ...

Access to such basic needs as food and shelter, health care, education for the very young, and higher education for all leaves much to be desired in California and the Central Coast. That’s according ...