A couple of months after Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach announced its intention to grow its tri-county presence, Farmers & Merchants Trust company is doing the same thing with a new hire to ...

Glenn Burdette has sold to regional accounting and advisory firm Ascend for an undisclosed amount, the San Luis Obispo-based CPA firm announced on June 1. Ascend, backed by private equity firm Alpine ...

By John Grace We all know no one can predict the future. If we could, we’d all be sipping piña coladas in our beachside mansions bought with Bitcoin in 2012. Instead, we’re squinting at the horizon ...

Pacifica Graduate Institute will be looking for a new CEO to steer the ship after current president/CEO Dr. Leonie Mattison steps down later this summer. Mattison, who is currently on leave, confirmed ...

Mitch Zacks at Zacks Investment Management is doing a deeper dive into the Moody’s downgrade of U.S. Treasury debt. Downgrades are lagging indicators and they can be deeply flawed — note Enron and sub ...

Stradling Law, with offices in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara, can hang with the big boys. With far fewer attorneys than such Southern California-based mega firms as Latham & Watkins and Gibson, ...

Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County is one of the many tourist attractions spread throughout the region. (courtesy photo) San Luis Obispo County is a small area with a big heart — and a growing ...

Tourists and Santa Barbara residents at Stearns Wharf in June. (Courtesy photo) The economic impacts of travel in California, including the tri-county region, increased year-over-year in 2024. That’s ...

Moorpark has a new city manager. PJ Gagajena, who has served as Moorpark’s assistant city manager since 2020, will succeed City Manager Troy Brown, officials announced May 27. Brown has served as ...

Panel discussion at Reagan Library economic forum on barriers to building more homes. Panelists included billionaire developer Rick Caruso, second from right, who built the Miramar Resort in Montecito ...