California Latino GDP surges past $1 trillion, CLU/UCLA report finds
If California Latinos comprised their own state, their GDP would be the nation’s sixth-largest state GDP, according to a report released July 23 by researchers at California Lutheran University and UCLA. In 2023, the California Latino GDP surpassed $1 trillion, the 2025 California Latino GDP Report found. “Latinos’ participation in the California economy is more active, more Read More →
Tri-county unemployment rate sees dramatic jump in June

The unemployment rate on the Central Coast saw a dramatic shift year-over-year for the month of June, with the jobless rate going up in each of the tri-counties, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. Announced July 17, the unemployment rate for the Central Coast was at 4.83% for the Read More →

Jetstream fund gives professionals chance to be venture capitalists

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Central Coast ag gross value up in 2024

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CSUCI Professor arrested among Glass House raids
Jonathan Caravello, a professor at CSU Channel Islands, was among one of the more than 200 people arrested from the federal agent’s raid of Glass House Farms’ operations in both Carpinteria and Camarillo on July 10. In a statement, the California Faculty Association said that Caravello, according to witnesses, was arrested on July 10 after Read More →
Susan Andrzejewski in as interim CSUCI president

California State University Chancellor Mildred García announced July 10 that she has appointed Susan Andrzejewski to serve as CSU Channel Islands’ interim president. Andrzejewski, who currently serves as the university’s dean of the Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics, will begin her new appointment Aug. 4. Richard Yao, who has served as the Read More →