CERF report paints lackluster economic picture for Ventura County
By Mike Harris / Thursday, February 20th, 2025 / Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Ventura County / Comments Off on CERF report paints lackluster economic picture for Ventura County
Ventura County is experiencing a prolonged period of economic weakness, according to the 2025 forecast from the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. “CERF’s forecast of average annual (GDP) growth from 2024 to 2027 is an improvement, but not hugely so, at an expansion of only 0.1%,” the Read More →
Cal Poly embraces modular building model
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, February 13th, 2025 / Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Cal Poly embraces modular building model
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Sonos’ Q1 earnings beat highlights progress for ailing audio company
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, February 7th, 2025 / Earnings, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Sonos’ Q1 earnings beat highlights progress for ailing audio company
It has been a turbulent start to the year for Santa Barbara-based Sonos with changes in its executive leadership team and a mass layoff. But maybe there are sunnier days on the horizon for the audio equipment manufacturer, as the company announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2025. For the quarter ended Dec. 28, Sonos Read More →
New look Sonos eliminates 12% of workforce
By Jorge Mercado / Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 / Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on New look Sonos eliminates 12% of workforce
Santa Barbara-based Sonos is laying off 200 people, or approximately 12% of its workforce, the audio company announced on Feb. 5, less than a month after the business replaced former CEO Patrick Spence. In a video to employees, Tom Conrad, Sonos interim CEO as of Jan. 13, said the company is “most significantly” shaking up Read More →
Atara will shed 50% of its workforce after FDA rejection
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, January 30th, 2025 / Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Atara will shed 50% of its workforce after FDA rejection
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Unwrap.AI receives $12 million in Series A funding
By Staff Report / Thursday, January 30th, 2025 / Central Coast, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Unwrap.AI receives $12 million in Series A funding
Santa Barbara-based Unwrap, an AI-powered customer intelligence platform, announced Jan. 30 it has received $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Atlassian Ventures, Cercano, ScOp VC, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, former Stripe CTO David Singleton, Perplexity co-founder Johnny Ho, and others. Unwrap will use the new funding to expand sales and Read More →
Central Coast embraces remote work model
By Mike Harris / Friday, January 24th, 2025 / Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Central Coast embraces remote work model
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