Calavo CEO Lee Cole’s second retirement comes as the Santa Paula-based company’s board of directors is weighing a buyout offer and looking at other alternatives. It was just a few years ago that Cole, ...

The Thanksgiving season has arrived and that means time with family, taking a deep breath and expressing gratitude to colleagues, friends and mentors. We’ll start with thanks to our loyal subscribers ...

Patagonia founder and ex-owner Yvon Chouinard says the company is dedicated to saving the planet. (courtesy photo) Environmentally conscious outdoor apparel company Patagonia has a lofty ambition: it ...

By Kris Batch The holidays are usually called the most wonderful time of the year, but they are also typically the most expensive time of the year. In a recent survey from Bankrate, 54% of respondents ...

By Staff Report A new report from NAI Capital found that the Ventura County office market showed significant positive momentum during the third quarter of 2025, moving toward stabilization after a ...

UC Santa Barbara has been seeing a lot of wins in recent weeks. Not too long after the university celebrated two of its professors — Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis — for their 2025 Nobel ...

By Gerhard Apfelthaler For decades, business leaders have sketched their organizations as pyramids. At the top: executives. At the bottom: workers. In the middle: layers of managers. Some variations ...

July 10 immigration raids at Glass House Farms’ cannabis facilities in Camarillo and Carpinteria resulted in a steep decline in third quarter revenue year-over-year. According to the Long Beach-based ...

A unified lineup of Central Coast elected officials opposed the Trump Administration's plans to open California's coast to offshore drilling during a Nov. 21 press conference. Congressman Salud ...

There are going to be some changes to the masthead of the Business Times in the coming weeks, so here’s a November update from the newsroom. Publisher Linda le Brock, who has overseen our sales, ...

The Women Winemakers & Culinarians Foundation announced that its 2025 Pink Wines for the Pink Ribbon campaign, which ran from September through the end of October, raised $2,500 in support of the ...

The presidents of E.J. Harrison & Sons and Agromin, Jim Harrison and Bill Camarillo, and Gold Coast Recycling General Manager George Harrison man the scissors for the big symbolic cuts of the ribbon ...