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By Jorge Mercado / Saturday, February 15th, 2025 / Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County / Comments Off on UCSB Professor receives award for distinguished career
UC Santa Barbara Professor Tania Israel was recently honored with the 2025 Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest from the American Psychological Association (APA). Israel is in the Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology Department at the Gevirtz School and is also the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Her Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Friday, February 14th, 2025 / Central Coast, Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Street smarts: SeeAg hosts annual fundraiser for bus fares to field trip
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, February 14th, 2025 / Columns, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Dubroff: Tri-county airports embrace connections en route to record traffic
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, February 13th, 2025 / Central Coast, Latest news, left, Startups, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Founder, venture capital partner give advice on fundraising
While attending UC Santa Barbara, Kavitta Ghai and her co-founder, Jordan Long, were annoyed with the education system. With classrooms so large that getting the one-on-one necessary attention to learn the material is impossible, Ghai and Long wanted to change the system. So the two thought “What if we are the ones who solve the Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, February 13th, 2025 / Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Cal Poly embraces modular building model
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 / Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Technology / Comments Off on Next Energy upgrades pilot production line on OPV windows
By Amanda Marroquin Special to the Business Times Next Energy Technologies, a Goleta-based organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology company, has upgraded its pilot production line to now produce 40” x 60” laminated transparent clean energy-producing windows. The company uses grey coating, power generation, and in-line manufacturing to make its innovative windows which are now the largest Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, February 10th, 2025 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Earnings, Economy, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Sierra Bank reports higher net income, loans and deposits in 2024
Sierra Bancorp, the parent company of Bank of the Sierra, announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2024 on Jan. 27, noting that consolidated net income was $10.4 million for the quarter, up from $6.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. This means diluted earnings per share of 72 cents per share Read More →