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April 8, 2025

It’s the first U.S. nuclear plant to use AI. Where does Diablo Canyon go from here?

The San Luis Obisbo power plant received some serious computing hardware at the end of last year: eight NVIDIA H100s, which are among the world’s […]

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April 8, 2025

Umbra selected to participate in STRATFI space program

The Santa Barbara-base SAR company has plans to expand to a larger facility in Goleta.

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April 8, 2025

Umbra to develop maritime surveillance satellites for U.S. military

Umbra, a California-based manufacturer of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, has been tapped to develop next-generation sensor satellites aimed at enhancing maritime and open-ocean search […]

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April 4, 2025

City College secures grant to boost blue economy on the central coast

Making waves for the Central Coast’s “blue economy,” a $200,000 grant is poised to create thousands of jobs and expand City College’s bioscience and career technical […]

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March 31, 2025

Visionary Tom Clark will be remembered for his REACH

The idea that eventually became Reach was born in a conference room at the Greater Denver Chamber of Commerce in August 2017. That’s when Tom […]

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March 10, 2025

SLO design and engineering firm celebrates 40 years

The Wallace Group has evolved into one of the region’s foremost planning, design, and engineering firms, contributing to many projects here on the Central Coast […]

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March 10, 2025

Musubi’s AI platform helps firms sure up content moderation

Santa Barbara-based Musubi, an AI content moderation startup, recently announced it had raised $5 million in seed funding.

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March 10, 2025

Amazon’s Alexa+ puts Santa Barbara center stage

Where was a fair amount of that work done? Right here in sunny Santa Barbara.

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