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The Santa Barbara headquarters of Briq, a cloud software firm for construction companies to manage their finances. (courtesy photo) Santa Barbara-based construction startup Briq raised another $8 million in an extension round to help the company gain a $150 million valuation in 2024. This comes after the construction startup raised $30 million in a Series

By Staff Report Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch warned the public about a fraudulent scheme of fake listings of vacant land for sale in the community. According to an April 2 press release, since September 23, the county DA's Real Estate Fraud Unit has become aware of several attempts to fraudulently list

Jean Williamson Blois, one of the leading women in business and politics on the South Coast, died March 22 at age 96. Blois was a co-founder of the political movement that led to the successful effort to incorporate the City of Goleta. She served on its first city council and was instrumental in guiding Goleta

Santa Barbara-based Fleks Footwear launched March 22 with the debut of its flagship sandal, the East Beach Slide. (courtesy photo) Santa Barbara-based startup Fleks Footwear, a subsidiary of Blumaka Insoles, both run by former executives of Goleta-based Deckers, launched March 22. Fleks opened with the debut of its first product, the sustainable East Beach Slide

Over the next 10 days, Montecito Bank & Trust President George Leis will be boarding a plane for Rome and the trip of a lifetime. There, Leis, as YMCA national board chair, and Suzanne McCormick, who is president and CEO of the Y organization for the U.S., will head to the Vatican for an April

The Hotel Californian in Santa Barbara. (courtesy photo) By Staff Report Visit Santa Barbara, a marketing organization for the Santa Barbara South Coast region, on March 19 presented hotel performance data for February 2024. The Santa Barbara South Coast hotel occupancy decreased 3% in February 2024, compared to February 2023, according to the report while

The Women's Economic Ventures hosted an award ceremony at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum to grant $412,500 to 55 Hispanic business owners from across Santa Barbara County. Held on March 20, 83 entrepreneurs recently completed WEV’s Emprendimiento program, an eight-week business skills course taught entirely in Spanish. Upon completion of the training, the business

CenCal Health, the Medi-Cal health plan for over 241,000 residents of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, contributes $85 million monthly to the local economy. The fiscal contribution is primarily through payments to health care providers who serve its membership, according to CenCal Health’s annual community report released March 21. The report is arranged

Hoka One One running shoes are helping to drive record sales for Deckers Brands (courtesy photo) Zacks Investment Management and UBS are among the latest Wall Street analysts to take a closer look at Goleta-based Deckers, now a member of the S&P 500 stock index, a key market barometer for large-cap stocks. Riding the crest

Back in the 1990s, before iPhones, Tesla, Spotify and, yes, even Taylor Swift, street lights all across America were powered by bulbs using high-pressure sodium. These bulbs were bright and lasted for years. But they were also expensive to replace and not easy to recycle. Along came LED, and high-pressure sodium lights became as outdated