Santa Barbara, Ventura counties file lawsuit against Kroger
The Ventura County and Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s offices announced May 31 that they have filed a civil case against The Kroger Co. in Santa Barbara County Superior Court alleging violations of California’s false advertising and unfair competition laws. Kroger operates numerous grocery stores in California under names such as Ralph’s, Food 4 Less Read More →
EyeClimate takes home top prize at 2024 New Venture Finals
For the last six years, Satish Kumar has been at UC Santa Barbara working on his Ph.D., including his thesis on methane detection emissions. For the past eight months, he has been putting that research and work into even more use, founding a company called EyeClimate. And all that work came to fruition on May 23 when Read More →
Deckers shares dash past $1K milestone
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Headphones blast Sonos into inner space
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Santa Maria Valley Chamber names new CEO
The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce has named Michael Boyer as its new President and CEO. He will take over on June 10, replacing Glenn Morris, the Chamber’s longtime CEO, who is moving on to helm the association for Chambers of Commerce in the Western region. Boyer, a resident of Arroyo Grandey currently serves 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 →
Conception captain sentenced to 4 years
The captain of a dive boat that caught fire in the Santa Barbara Channel in 2019, resulting in the deaths of 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on May 2. Jerry Boylan of Santa Barbara was convicted in a federal jury trial in November of one count of misconduct or neglect Read More →
