UC Santa Barbara named its sixth chancellor on July 17 when the university announced that Dr. Dennis Assanis has been approved by the UC Board of Regents to be UCSB’s next man in charge. Assanis, who ...

Mitch Zacks at Zacks Investment Managementis making the bullish case for U.S. equities. “What’s been encouraging to me is that investors appear to be taking more interest in areas of the market with ...

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that its shareholders have elected Stephanie Hastings to serve on the firm’s Executive Committee (EC) for a three-year term. Shehas over 20 years ...

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After one of the most challenging years the health care industry has ever faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, French Hospital Medical Center has reason to celebrate. The facility has reached a ...

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Jonathan Caravello, a professor at CSU Channel Islands, was among one of the more than 200 people arrested from the federal agent’s raid of Glass House Farms’ operations in both Carpinteria and ...

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For the second time in three years, Bob Bradway raked in the most of any executive of a public company based on the Central Coast in 2024, generating a total compensation package worth $24.4 million, ...

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Here’s a report from the Business Times newsroom as we head into the second half of 2025 and offer a sneak peek at what’s ahead for the rest of our 25th anniversary year. There has been plenty of dram ...