March 24, 2025

		

Henry Dubroff

Henry Dubroff is the chairman, editor and majority owner of the Pacific Coast Business Times.


| Friday, March 14th, 2025

Dubroff: The Business Times, 25, and MB&T, 50, share a unique birthday

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news

We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary this week and it happens to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Montecito Bank & Trust, also founded on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Both companies are privately held and independent, so I thought that rather than focus just on The Business Times, I’d invite Janet Garufis, Chair and CEO Read More →

| Monday, March 10th, 2025

Dubroff: Jim Glines: Advocate, banker, community pillar

Banking & Finance, Columns, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Tri-County Economy

If you wanted to meet the elder stateman of banking in North Santa Barbara County, you might find him serving up tri-tip at a charity barbecue. Or taking the microphone as the volunteer auctioneer at a nonprofit fundraiser. Jim Glines was a force to be reckoned with, rising from a college graduate and management trainee at Read More →

| Monday, March 3rd, 2025

Dubroff: A chat with the CEO of UMB, region’s newest bank

Banking & Finance, Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content

A big banking merger that closed at the end of January touched just a sliver of the region.  But it brought me back in touch with a banker I’ve known for decades, so I visited on video with UMB Financial Corp. Chair and CEO Mariner Kemper on Feb 25. UMB is a 111-year-old, publicly traded Read More →

Henry Dubroff

| Friday, February 21st, 2025

Dubroff: A behind-the-scenes look at the latest ‘Civil Dialogues’

Columns, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content

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Henry Dubroff

| Friday, February 14th, 2025

Dubroff: Tri-county airports embrace connections en route to record traffic

Columns, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content

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Henry Dubroff

| Friday, February 7th, 2025

Dubroff: Deckers can’t sidestep a case of the S&P 500 blues

Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Friday, January 31st, 2025

Westmont receives long overdue $2.7M from U.S. Treasury

Latest news

It wasn’t exactly a neatly wrapped package under the tree, but just before Christmas, Westmont College received a long-delayed gift — a $2.7 million disbursement from the U.S. Treasury that had been tied up in red tape for more than two years. The money was overdue funding under the ERTC or Employer Retention Tax Credit, Read More →