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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 Along came LED, and high-pressure sodium lights became as outdated