Nomad Goods pledges to donate one million masks
Nomad Goods, a Santa Barbara company that makes phone cases and other electronics accessories, is donating 1 million COVID-19 prevention masks to nonprofits and community organizations. Earlier this year, Nomad began producing masks and other personal protective equipment, along with it usual offerings. On Oct. 9, it announced that it was taking nominations of relief Read More →
No shortage of talk about housing supply at Santa Barbara conference
Housing in Santa Barbara is a big, sticky subject made even more complex by wildfires, COVID-19, environmental concerns and a chronic lack of available units. On Oct. 2, developers, architects, government and nonprofit leaders from all over the region got together, virtually, to highlight key issues and brainstorm a way forward, at the sixth annual Read More →
Quarantined Carbajal moves to help after plant shutdown
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Apple declares war on Sonos and other smaller competitors
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Dubroff: Mission Produce IPO holds lessons for industry, region
UPDATE: Mission Produce began trading on the Nasdaq at 12:16 p.m. on Oct. 1. Follow the stock here. The window for initial public stock offerings rarely opens as wide as it has in the fall of 2020. That’s remarkable given the COVID-19 pandemic, the election campaign and governments racking up debt like crazy. But after Read More →
Oxnard in line for state funds to convert motel to housing
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Manufacturing Council for Ventura County gains steam
An effort to create an interest group around manufacturing is picking up speed in Ventura County. Haas Automation executive Peter Zierhut told an Econmic Development Collaborative board meeting on Sept. 17 that he’s had expressions of interest from a number of firms, including Meissner Filtration and AeroVironment, to formalize an organization that would look at Read More →
