Editorial: Don’t count California out just yet
There are signs that California’s sputtering job engine is starting to come to life.

An ode to Business Times history on four wheels

I’ve grown fond of saying that I started the Business Times with a checkbook, a business plan and a leased Saab.
Guest op/ed: Region will benefit from AT&T, T-Mobile deal
AT&T’s recently announced plan to acquire T-Mobile is great news for the Central Coast.
Editorial: Saving a state park one visitor at a time
Some impressive political forces are lining up to help save McGrath State Beach.
Join us as we launch into the digital age

The pace of change has quickened around the Business Times this month. We have literally reinvented our 11-year-old weekly business journal to meet the demands of our readers for the new and exciting era of digital news delivery. The exciting part of this for you is that as long as you are a paid subscriber Read More →
Editorial: Serban’s ousting leaves questions at SBCC
How Andreea Serban came to be fired as president of Santa Barbara City College remains very much a mystery to most of the region’s business community.
Editorial: Newhall Ranch will test housing market
In the borderland between Los Angeles and Ventura Counties along the Santa Clara River Valley, a regulatory barrier to a major development has been removed.