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| Monday, October 1st, 2012

Transphorm’s funding tops $104M

Green Coast, Latest news, Technology

Transphorm, the Goleta-based company focused on energy efficiency in electronics, has raised $35 million from a group backed by the Japanese government and has secured a mass manufacturing agreement with a Japanese firm. The South Coast company, founded by UC Santa Barbara professor Umesh Mishra and longtime business partner Primit Parikh, has raised $104 million Read More →

| Monday, October 1st, 2012

Heritage Oaks to buy Morro Bay branch from Coast National

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies

Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bank is buying the Morro Bay branch and assets of San Luis Obispo-based Coast National Bank. The acquisition, announced Oct. 1, will include about $30 million in deposit accounts. It will also include the branch building. Heritage Oaks said it will pay “market value” for the building at 898 Morro Bay Read More →

| Thursday, September 27th, 2012

Xirrus raises $23.5M in new capital

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology

Thousand Oaks-based wireless firm Xirrus has raised an additional $23.5 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to an estimated $122 million. The lastest funding round was led by existing investors August Capital, Canaan Partners, InterWest Partners, QuestMark Partners and US Venture Partners. Xirrus makes heavy duty Wi-Fi systems designed to replace wired networks Read More →

| Thursday, September 27th, 2012

Commission approves La Entrada changes

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Plans for La Entrada, the long-awaited hotel and condominium project on lower State Street, took another step forward Sept. 26 as Santa Barbara’s Historic Landmarks Commission approved changes to the 123-unit development’s design. The commission gave the hotel’s developer, 35 State Street Hotel Partners, the go-ahead to alter plans for sidewalk and street-lighting designs adjacent Read More →

| Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

VCEDA remains opposed to pair of public education propositions

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The Ventura County Economic Development Association, or VCEDA, has not budged on its opposition to two state ballot measures that would raise money for public education by increasing taxes. Earlier this month, VCEDA’s opposition to Proposition 30 and Proposition 38 — dueling tax measures designed to raise money for public education — kicked off a Read More →

| Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

U.S. Chamber endorses Maldonado

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has put its weight behind Abel Maldonado, the Republican candidate who’s running against incumbent Lois Capps to represent California’s 24th Congressional District. The endorsement came Sept. 26 in San Luis Obispo at an event hosted by Meathead Movers, a U.S. Chamber member. “Abel Maldonado recognizes that free enterprise, not more Read More →

| Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

SB Foundation receives grant for journalism project

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The Santa Barbara Foundation will receive a $500,000 matching grant, for a total of $1 million, over two years to create a new journalism platform for the South Coast. Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is providing the funding to launch the Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative, described as a “a nonprofit enterprise journalism Read More →