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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has launched a nationwide campaign that September will be known as Hunger Action Month, with the nonprofit asking the public to “join the fight to raise awareness of food insecurity.” Announced on Sept. 1, this news comes following the indication that on Sept. 12, the Santa Barbara County Board

And just like that it’s fire season. Just a few weeks ago the Central Coast experienced its first hurricane in recent history and a moderate earthquake shook up the city of Ojai and surrounding communities near and far. That’s on top of a year that saw extreme flooding across the Tri-Counties, prompting an emergency declaration.

Apartment construction up and down California and across the country boomed from 2020 through 2022, according to a study done by RentCafe. RentCafe is under the Yardi umbrella, a Santa Barbara-based software real estate company. According to the study, the city of Los Angeles averaged 5,926 new apartments per year from 2020-22 and leads the

One805, a nonprofit aimed at providing support to Santa Barbara County’s first responders, will be hosting its fifth annual fundraiser, headlined by Maroon 5, at the oceanside estate of Kevin and Christine Costner in Summerland on Sept. 22. Organizations with local ties, such as Yardi, BayWa r.e., U.S. Bank, Disaster Relief and Seek Thermal, are

In honor of her grandmother, who was a teacher in Ohio from roughly the 1940s-1980s, former Ventura County Bar Association President Jacqueline Ruffin started a free legal education outreach program for the group last year. “My grandmother was known for helping her students overcome significant challenges, working towards positive changes in the school system and

Scott Anderson at Bank of the West reports that “the August Employment Report was just what investors and the Fed needed to see to stave off another potential rate hike in September.” Evidence that the U.S. labor market is cooling down is something that Fed Chair Jay Powell “mentioned in his Jackson Hole speech” as

Secretary Marcia L. Fudge is the 18th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (Jake Piazza / PCBT Staff) The Central Coast will receive a financial boost to its disaster recovery efforts after the federal government announced it would be allocating $115 million to the state of California on Aug. 25. Secretary

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen filed 126 patents over the last year, dethroning Santa Barbara-based Sonos which led the tri-county the previous two years. Overall, however, the thousands of patents granted to companies along the Central Coast once again highlighted the variety of companies. A Business Times analysis of nearly 5,000 patents granted to the region’s inventors

Agromin's Oxnard blending and manufacturing yard. (courtesy photo) Oxnard-based Agromin, the state’s largest organics recycler, is helping cities in the tri-county region comply with Senate Bill 1383, a climate pollution reduction act. The law sets a goal of diverting 75% of organic waste from landfills — a major producer of greenhouse gases — by 2025

Launchpoint CEO Rob Reali said the company and its staff are really enjoying the new office. (courtesy photo) It has been a few years since Launchpoint Electric Propulsion Solutions struck out on its own, being spun out of the now-defunct Launchpoint Technologies, but now, the company is ready for takeoff. Launchpoint EPS moved into its