Deckers reports earnings growth, record revenue
Deckers Brands, a footwear company based in Goleta, reported increases in sales and earnings in the most recent fiscal quarter, on the strength of major sales growth by its Teva and Hoka One One brands. Its earnings report for the second quarter of 2020-21, released Oct. 29, showed revenue up 15% from the same quarter Read More →
Read More →Santa Barbara County wine group abandons bid for BID
The Santa Barbara County Vintners Association has abandoned its two-year effort to establish the world’s first wine business improvement district, or BID, as an answer to its longstanding problem of lagging behind other wine regions in marketing spending. Vintners Association Executive Director Alison Laslett said in an Oct. 29 letter to members, co-signed by the Read More →
Read More →Driven by pandemic loans, American Riviera Bank reports record earnings
American Riviera Bank saw its net income rise sharply this year, with a 46 percent increase in net income in third quarter earnings year-over-year. The Santa Barbara-based bank reported $2.26 million in net income the quarter, or 45 cents per share. For the same quarter in 2019, the bank had $1.55 million in net income, Read More →
Read More →Earnings up at Community West Bank
Community West Bancshares, the holding company for Goleta-based Community West Bank, saw net income and net interest income rise in the third quarter, according to the company’s latest financial filings. The bank reported a net income of $2.9 million, or 33 cents per diluted share, as compared to $2.2 million, or 25 cents per diluted Read More →
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Dubroff: Dive boat fire an avoidable tragedy, and a double standard
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Read More →NTSB: Night watch could have saved dive boat passengers
The sinking of the dive boat Conception in the Santa Barbara Channel last year and the death of 34 people on board was caused by the failure of Truth Aquatics, the boat’s owner, to properly oversee its vessel and crew, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled on Oct. 20. The boat, a 75-foot recreational diving Read More →
Read More →Income up at Bank of the Sierra
Sierra Bancorp, the parent company of Bank of the Sierra, announced a record quarter as net income grew by 16 percent from a year earlier. Bank of the Sierra is based in Porterville, in the San Joaquin Valley, and has 12 branches in the tri-county region, the result of a series of acquisitions of Central Read More →
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