Children’s museum in Oxnard closes but another to open in SB
As Gull Wings Children’s Museum closes its doors and searches for a new space in Oxnard, a new children’s museum is taking shape in Santa Barbara. Gull Wings closed on Jan. 10 after 28 years at its 4th Street location because of an aging building and a drop in attendance, museum officials said. The city Read More →
Santa Barbara’s 123Compliance acquired by Sparta Systems
Santa Barbara-based cloud software company 123Compliance was acquired by Hamilton, N.J.-based Sparta Systems on Jan. 20. Founded in 2011, 123Compliance develops software that helps medical companies’ products stay compliant with Food and Drug Administration regulations once research efforts are diverted to the next generation of development. Sparta Systems is a global technology company with customers Read More →
Egg McMuffin to the rescue
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Storms help tri-county farmers but more needed
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Compass expands online luxury real estate platform to SB, Montecito
A new online platform is poised to shake up the region’s luxury residential real estate market. New York-based Compass uses in-house software that aims to cut down on brokers’ administrative work and streamline listing updates. The startup recently announced that it is expanding into the Santa Barbara and Montecito markets. The South Coast is the Read More →
Baxalta’s fast exit shows need for corporate tax fix
Baxalta, we hardly knew ya. Just six months after it was spun off from parent Baxter International, Baxalta, a major employer in East Ventura County, is to be sold to Shire, an Irish firm. The future of some 1,200 employees in Westlake Village and the Newbury Park area of Thousand Oaks is now uncertain, as Read More →
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank CEO says he’s bullish on U.S. economy at Santa Barbara event
All in all, things are looking good for the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President and CEO John Williams said in Santa Barbara the morning of Jan. 8. Despite China’s market uncertainty and the global volatility, Williams doesn’t expect that to have a major impact on the U.S. economy. He pointed Read More →
