Workers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara had an average hourly wage of $33.13 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on July 11. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that higher-paying major occupational groups included management ($68.09), computer and mathematical ($63.83), and legal ($59.02). Lower paying occupations Read More →
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley remains the biggest tourism draw in Ventura County, but attendance still hasn’t fully recovered from the pandemic. “Museums just aren’t that pre-pandemic level,” library spokeswoman Melissa Giller told the Business Times at a July 12 tourism program put on by the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce Read More →
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Santa Barbara-based Pensionmark Financial Group, a financial advisory firm, announced on July 10 that it has rebranded to World Investment Advisors. World Insurance Associates acquired Pensionmark in March 2022. The new firm said this move “better represents the firm’s robust and holistic financial services platform for independent financial advisors and strengthens alignment with its parent company.” Read More →
The Ventura County Taxpayers Association is calling on the county Board of Supervisors to address what it says are ongoing cash flow shortages at the county’s medical system. The non-profit taxpayer advocacy group says the shortfalls have caused the Ventura County Medical System to borrow as much as $200 million from the county’s taxpayer-funded general Read More →
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