Santa Barbara-based American Riviera Bank saw a big increase in net income in the third quarter of 2026, reporting net income of $4.3 million, compared with $3.3 million in the same quarter a year ago ...

Sierra Bancorp, the parent company of Bank of the Sierra, announced its results for the third quarter of 2026 on Oct. 26, noting that consolidated net income was $15.3 million for the quarter, a large ...

The Ventura County Credit Union is partnering with Kirby Kia of Ventura. Pictured, from left, Jeff Kennedy, general manager, Kirby Kia; Melissa Miller, VCCU director of community partnerships; and ...

For our October Women & Wealth panel, we asked eight experts to weigh in on philanthropy in estate planning and the use of AI in wealth management. Our Q&A was conducted via email in mid-October and ...

California’s unemployment rate remained at 5.1% for the third consecutive month despite the state losing 9,300 nonfarm payroll jobs in September 2026, according to the latest Employment Development ...

By Sarah Oberman Private jet travelers vacationing for the holidays may face a more expensive season as elevated oil prices add additional cost pressure to an already high-demand period. According to ...

Ventura County entrepreneurs Dawn and Dave Gross have taken steps to make sure their philanthropic efforts to help high school students in Ventura County will be part of their legacy. The couple, who ...

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union and an influential figure in politics on the Central Coast, has died at her Bakersfield home. She was 96 and the cause was cancer, a ...

The eighth annual NatureTrack Film Festival is approaching, and the nonprofit is calling on the community to secure tickets. NatureTrack is a Santa Barbara nonprofit founded in 2011 by Sue Eisaguirre.

Ventura Housing, formerly the Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura, hosted nearly 200 people at its second annual State of Ventura Housing Breakfast, which raised $42,000 for the agency’s ...

By Eric Zackrison Something odd is happening in employee evaluation in the world of AI agents. You can have two people in the same role, and the one with the worse numbers may be the one you least ...

Get a group of hospital executives in a room these days and H.R.1 will undoubtedly be at the top of their agenda. To no one’s surprise, that was the case at the State of Ventura County Hospitals ...