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Ventura County Agriculture Commissioner Korinne Bell speaking at an Oct. 27 press conference in Thousand Oaks on the Queensland fruit fly quarantine. (Mike Harris / PCBT Staff) Agriculture officials have placed portions of Ventura County under quarantine for the Queensland Fruit Fly, the first official quarantine for the pest ever declared in North America. The

The Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County has awarded over $400,000 to organizations across the county in 2023, according to a Oct. 18 press release. "The goal of the General Grants Program has always been to provide funding for agencies that directly address community needs," Heidi McPherson, CEO of The Community Foundation San Luis

Retail bears are pushing the stock market down and they haven’t bought the dip just yet. S&P Global Market Intelligence reports that retail investors cut equity exposure by $8.8 billion in September, more than double the August rate. The sell-off has totaled $48.4 billion over the past 12 months. Meanwhile, institutional investors pulled $27.9 billion in equities

Thomas Aquinas College's Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel suffered extensive damage in an Aug. 20 earthquake. (courtesy photo) Located close to the epicenter of a 5.1 earthquake that struck near Ojai on Aug. 20, every one of Thomas Aquinas College’s 18 buildings suffered damage. Not severe damage, but damage nonetheless. Damage that

California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks has a new general counsel. Marvin Richards will serve as the school’s chief legal officer, advising President Lori Varlotta, the Board of Regents and other members of the CLU community. He will provide legal advice on matters such as employment and human resources, real estate transactions, contracts, grants, tax

One of the hallmarks of the 21st-century housing crisis on the Central Coast is the inability of community and economic development organizations to speak with a single voice on the problem. Things are changing in San Luis Obispo County, where a blue ribbon group of business and community leaders have challenged the county’s political leadership

UC Santa Barbara will soon be playing a key role in helping the United States expand its semiconductor manufacturing and development, making the country far more competitive in the global market. According to a press release on Oct. 16, UCSB will receive $26.9 million in its first year for a Microelectronics Commons, a coalition of

Olaplex CEO JuE Wong at the Nasdaq exchange on Sept. 30, 2021, the day of the company's IPO. (Nasdaq courtesy photo) It has been a rough couple of years for Montecito-based Olaplex Holdings — a hair care products company that IPO’d in 2021 and debuted at a price of $21 a share, valuing the company

The Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit, turned 75 years old on May 20 in 2019. (file photo) In an effort to change the label on its main product, Afrezza, and equip people battling diabetes with more up to date information, Westlake Village-based MannKind launched a new inhaled insulin trial — one that

A couple of weeks ago I made the trek up to San Luis Obispo County to attend an event at The Sandbox in Paso Robles, a new coworking space that recently opened up. With most of our staff here at the Business Times, including myself, being based in either Santa Barbara County or Ventura County,