Dignity Health appointed BJ Predum as Central Coast Market President on Jan. 26. (courtesy photo) Dignity Health, which has seven award-winning hospitals on the Central Coast, has appointed BJ Predum ...

By Vlad Vaiman Artificial intelligence may be the most significant workforce revolution since the advent of electricity. But whereas earlier automation displaced human muscle with machines, today’s ...

By John Grace Learning from history is priceless — yet investors seem determined to relearn the same lessons the hard way. You’ve probably never heard of Jesse Livermore. He ran away from home with ...

California Lutheran University President John Nunes at the school's state of the university program Jan. 22. (Mike Harris/PCBT Staff) About $3.5 million has been raised thus far in California Lutheran ...

When I visited with Mission Produce Executive Chair Steve Barnard on the phone after Mission’s blockbuster deal to acquire Calavo Growers, he was thinking about doing business at a much larger scale.

By Starr Hall As the new year begins, many businesses across Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties are carrying AI tools into 2026 the same way they carried gym memberships into January- full of ...

With the federal government shutdown over, the California Employment Development Department has released unemployment numbers for the month of December, just a couple of weeks after releasing results ...

By Mike Harris Staff Writer In the wake of violent protests in Minneapolis following the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent, the district attorneys of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...

Community Memorial Healthcare has significantly expanded its Ventura cancer program, featuring a new team of hematology and medical oncologists dedicated to providing patients with timely, ...

Community West Bank, which has nine officers throughout the Central Coast, announced it generated net income worth $11.1 million, or 58 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2025, nearly double ...

The Central Coast’s newest bank, CalPrivate Bank, and its parent company, Private Bancorp of America, reported its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025 on Jan. 16. Based in La Jolla, CalPrivate ...

Santa Barbara-based American Riviera Bank is broadening its presence along the Central Coast by opening its newest lending center in Ventura. The center, which launched Jan. 2 at 1280 S. Victoria Ave.