The Business Times was barely six months old in the fall of 2000 when two UC Santa Barbara professors were awarded Nobel prizes in consecutive weeks. The awards were to Herb Kroemer, in physics, for h ...

UC Santa Barbara professor John Martinis is giving a speech during a press conference held to celebrate him and Michel Deverot's Nobel prizes in physics. (Jorge Mercado / PCBT staff) Nobel prizes are ...

By Starr Hall Artificial intelligence may run on software and large language models, but Adam Brotman reminds us it’s far more than lines of code. For him, AI’s real story begins with people and ...

Since joining the Business Times, one company that has stood out to me above the rest is The Trade Desk. I find the company’s business model to be interesting, I have found its fight against Google to ...

The Starbucks located at 402 North Milpas Street recently sold for $3.7 million to a San Francisco-based buyer. (courtesy photo) By Staff Report A newly constructed single-tenant corporate Starbucks ...

It has been a busy week for Westlake Village-based Energy Vault and Wall Street is taking note. The energy storage solution company has seen shares rise 7% in the last week after the company announced ...

The Ventura County Health Care Agency is on the verge of signing an MOU with a company to facilitate the first-ever pilot oncology clinical trials program at Ventura County Medical Center. The company ...

One of Tric’s robotic tractors, Luna, which cover about 30 acres of strawberries a night for farmers. (courtesy photo) It’s a lot of risk for farmers to trust new technology on their land. An ...

It will be over three years since Highway 1 was blocked off south of Big Sur when it reopens in March 2026 and a recently released report highlights the grim economic reality of closure. New research ...

United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County announced on Sept. 26 that CEO Michael Baker will step down from his role after 11 years of dedicated service. As part of the organization’s ...

Meathead Movers often attracts student-athletes as employees. (courtesy photo) San Luis Obispo-based Meathead Movers is a few steps away from removing the federal lawsuit hanging over its head for the ...

Daily nonstop service from SLO County Airport to Las Vegas on Alaska Airlines will resume starting Oct. 4. (courtesy photo) Daily nonstop service from SLO County Airport to Las Vegas on Alaska ...