Mikuna CEO brings protein from Andes to Whole Foods
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EP Wealth snaps up Wacker Wealth in SLO
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Analysts believe Semtech is cornering IoT market
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Grand jury says Lompoc tourism district under-reported $500k to city
Visit Lompoc, the city’s Tourism Business Improvement District, under-reported more than $500,000 in annual reports to the city over the last five years, the Santa Barbara County grand jury has determined. The 2023-24 grand jury also discovered that Visit Lompoc had transferred $800,000 out of its checking account into a separate money market account without Read More →
Grand jury says $500k under-reported in Lompoc tourism pact
Annual reporting by Visit Lompoc LLC shows hundreds of thousands of dollars in unaccounted-for funds, according to a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report. Released March 22, the report says that over the first five years of the current agreement between Visit Lompoc and the City of Lompoc, the cumulative value of those under-reported funds Read More →
Port of Hueneme not impacted by Baltimore bridge collapse
The March 26 deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has thus far not affected the Port of Hueneme, according to port officials. “We’re not anticipating it to impact operations at our port,” COO Christina Birdsey told the Business Times March 29. The bridge collapsed after being struck by a container ship, sending bridge Read More →
Tri-County unemployment rate still at 5%
The unemployment rate for the Central Coast remained at 5% through the month of February, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. Released on March 21, the unemployment rate of the tri-counties was 5% compared to the same rate in January and up substantially from a 4.3% unemployment rate in the Read More →