Camarillo’s Battery Streak charges ahead with tech to improve batteries
Better batteries are the key to unlocking countless technological and environmental improvements, from longer life cycles on smartphones to hybrid cars that can recharge in minutes instead of hours to a greener electrical grid. Battery Streak, a startup based in Camarillo, is one of the companies leading the charge in that space. It has begun Read More →
Santa Barbara’s Hungry Planet takes a bite of the vegan meat market
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Gender pay gap has faded away among region’s younger workers
Historically, women in America have earned lower average wages than men. But according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, the wage gap among people under 30 has significantly narrowed in some areas, including the entire tri-county region. Recent Pew analysis of the 2019 American Community Survey, an annual Census Bureau program and Read More →
Patagonia, oil companies face off in Ventura County ballot campaign over drilling regulations
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Ventura artist makes Hall of Fame with his baseball works
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In Thousand Oaks, biotech execs discuss industry’s ‘rising tide,’ lament area’s lack of housing
In a dark period for the Ventura County economy, immediately before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the biotechnology sector in the Conejo Valley has been a bright spot. The sector has grown in jobs, economic output and new businesses since 2019, even when the county as a whole has not, according to data presented on Read More →
Housing still scarce for UCSB students, but university says crisis has abated
The housing crunch at UC Santa Barbara has eased a bit, with students no longer staying in hotels in Goleta, but worries remain about how the university will house its students in the coming years. Edith Gomez, a third-year sociology major at UCSB, began researching apartment rentals in Isla Vista about six months before the Read More →
