Opinion: Revolution in crowdfunding brings private investments to the masses
By Mike Panesis The unfortunate events in our nation’s capital in early January had me thinking a lot about revolutions. Whether successful or not, they seem to come upon us suddenly, when in fact they have fomented for years. We see this phenomenon not just in government and society. In the groundbreaking book “The Structure Read More →
Opinion: The seller’s three-part formula
By Josh Damigo Whether it’s closing a multi-million-dollar deal, asking, “Do you want fries with that?” or actually getting your partner to agree to watch the show you want to on Netflix, the “art of the sale” is all around us. We should, then, take the time to figure out where our weaknesses lie, because Read More →
Guilty pleas in $2 million unemployment fraud case in Santa Barbara County
Three people have pleaded guilty in Santa Barbara County to multiple counts of felony unemployment benefit fraud and identity theft, in just one example of the type of fraud that has cost the state tens of billions of dollars during the pandemic. The three defendants were Gordon Alan Welterlen and Nicole Michelle Milan, of San Read More →
From the archives: J.D. Power’s entry into the Business Times Hall of Fame
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PPP loans drove income growth at American Riviera Bank
Net income at American Riviera Bank increased in both the fourth quarter and full year of 2020, on the back of high loan growth and other positive factors, the bank announced Jan. 28. The Santa Barbara-based bank said its annual unaudited net income was up 15% from the previous year. In 2019, American Riviera Bank Read More →
Obituary: Dave Power, auto quality and consumer research pioneer
EDITOR’S NOTE: Business Times subscribers can read our 2014 profile of Dave Power here. James David “J.D.” Power, whose name came to symbolize quality rankings in autos and other consumer products, has died at age 89. He passed away of natural causes on Jan. 23 in Thousand Oaks, according to a statement from the family. Read More →
Stop-and-start reopening starts again
Restaurants are open outdoors again, as California is back under the county-by-county tiered reopening system after more than a month under a stay-at-home order that split the state into five regions. Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties are all again in the state’s purple tier, the most restrictive one, as cases in the Read More →
