Updated: Embattled California Lutheran University president stepping down
The article was updated on May 22 to add more detail on Varlotta’s tenure at CLU. Four months after the faculty at Thousand Oaks-based California Lutheran University passed a no-confidence resolution in her, President Lori Varlotta announced she will be stepping down from her role effective May 31. John Nunes, most recently pastor at Pilgrim Lutheran Church Read More →
Leadership may be on Cal Lutheran’s Town Hall agenda
Faculty and staff of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks will gather for a May 21 Town Hall meeting at which the future of embattled President Lori Varlotta may be up for discussion. The Town Hall will be held from 11 a.m. to Noon at the Preus-Brandt Forum. It is closed to the public and Read More →
Santa Barbara economic summit discusses State Street’s needs
The need for housing throughout Santa Barbara County is well documented, as is the need to reinvent Santa Barbara’s State Street. But with the cost of construction costs and permitting taking even longer in 2024, those projects with great ambition to help the county are becoming less desirable, Gene Deering, a principal at Radius Real Read More →
Small business owners, in the nation and in the region, keep rosy outlook
A new Bank of America study finds that a majority of small and mid-sized business owners have an optimistic outlook about their businesses over the next year. Among other things, many expect their revenues to increase and plan to expand their businesses, the survey, released May 1, found. Jenn Kennedy, who has a Santa Barbara Read More →
Diablo Canyon may see life beyond 2030 as offshore wind develops
Offshore wind might be the energy that powers a lot of the state’s electricity needs decades down the line, but as of today California’s reliance on its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, is still as necessary as ever and that might still be the case in five years — even when it’s supposed to be heading offline Representatives from across the state’s energy sectors gathered in Solvang on Read More →
Wendy Foster’s State Street location closing
State Street icon Wendy Foster is becoming the latest casualty of Santa Barbara’s retail apocalypse. The trend-forward fashion retailer said May 14 that it was closing its location at 1220 State Street after a nearly 40-year run that featured some of the most iconic apparel on the Central Coast. Although technically a “pause,” according to a statement, Read More →
Vital signs: AI is used to supplement workers, not replace them
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