GeoLinks wins federal broadband contract, plans ‘massive growth’
For the past few years, GeoLinks’ goal as an internet service provider has been bringing connectivity to rural areas in California not prioritized by the bigger providers like Verizon or AT&T. It recently got a big boost in that effort in the form of a $234.9 million federal contract.
Read More →Real Estate: Amazon building fetches one of highest prices ever for downtown Santa Barbara
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Read More →Tri-county unemployment down to 6% in November
Unemployment in the Tri-Counties and all over California hit its lowest levels in November since before the pandemic began, though the latest figures come from surveys taken before the post-Thanksgiving surge in COVID-19 cases and the new round of stay-home orders and business closures. California’s unemployment rate in November was 8.2%, down from 9% in Read More →
Read More →Two Central Coast economic development nonprofits to merge
The economic development groups Reach and the San Luis Obispo Economic Vitality Corporation announced a merger on Dec. 17, one that will bring the EVC under the Reach banner in a combined effort to improve the economies of San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County. The boards of both Reach and the EVC Read More →
Read More →Southwest’s next destination: Santa Barbara Airport
Southwest Airlines announced Dec. 16 that it plans to start flying out of Santa Barbara Airport in the spring, something airport officials and frequent fliers have wanted for decades. The airline has not said yet which cities it would serve from Santa Barbara, or how often, but airport officials anticipate “several departures a day,” Deanna Read More →
Read More →Westlake Village BioPartners puts $500 million into new venture funds
Westlake Village BioPartners, a venture capital firm focused on biotech startups in the Conejo Valley and the rest of greater Los Angeles, launched two new funds Dec. 15 worth a total of $500 million. The first fund is $70 million and will be used for Series B or later financing into companies that Westlake Village Read More →
Read More →Nurses set to strike at Los Robles hospital in Thousand Oaks
Nurses at Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, the biggest hospital in Ventura County, are set to go on a 10-day strike starting Dec. 24. The nurses’ union, Service Employees International Union Local 121 RN, called the strike Dec. 14, four days after a vote of the union members gave the bargaining team Read More →
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