Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Twin Cities Community Hospital in San Luis Obispo County formally joined Adventist Health effective March 29. The merging includes related physician practices and imaging centers. Sierra Vista in San Luis Obispo and Twin Cities in Templeton were purchased in February by Adventist from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare for $550 million. “I am
The Women's Economic Ventures hosted an award ceremony at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum to grant $412,500 to 55 Hispanic business owners from across Santa Barbara County. Held on March 20, 83 entrepreneurs recently completed WEV’s Emprendimiento program, an eight-week business skills course taught entirely in Spanish. Upon completion of the training, the business
CenCal Health, the Medi-Cal health plan for over 241,000 residents of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, contributes $85 million monthly to the local economy. The fiscal contribution is primarily through payments to health care providers who serve its membership, according to CenCal Health’s annual community report released March 21. The report is arranged
Hoka One One running shoes are helping to drive record sales for Deckers Brands (courtesy photo) Zacks Investment Management and UBS are among the latest Wall Street analysts to take a closer look at Goleta-based Deckers, now a member of the S&P 500 stock index, a key market barometer for large-cap stocks. Riding the crest
California’s 2.7 million undocumented immigrants, including those in the tri-county region, contribute 4.9% to the state’s GDP. That’s according to a new study prepared by Jamshid Damooei, the executive director of California Lutheran University’s Center for Economics of Social Issues in Thousand Oaks “The contribution of undocumented immigrants in California is enormous,” Damooei told the