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 | Friday, January 31st, 2014

								
Solar projects boom but some fear a bubble

								Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Green Coast, Real Estate, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
Solar installers boomed in 2013 and are expecting another good year, but some are skeptical about the new financial models underlying the growth numbers.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, January 31st, 2014

								
A new slant on kayaking: Angle Oar aims to make rowing easier

								Central Coast, Small Business, Top Stories								
A San Luis Obispo company founded by a former tech marketing executive is angling to make it easier for seniors, kids and anyone with shoulder trouble to take to the water in a kayak.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

								
Mobile chip firm files $13.8M IPO

								Technology, Top Stories								
Santa Barbara-based Resonant has filed for an initial public offering to raise up to $13.8 million and has disclosed a development agreement with Skyworks, a major chip supplier for Apple’s iPhone.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, January 24th, 2014

								
Network Hardware Resale to boost hiring as sales near $300M

								Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
CEO Mike Sheldon said the company has been aggressively pursuing a “growth through diversification” strategy, adding maintenance services as well as servers and hard drives to its product lineup.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, January 24th, 2014

								
Athena Cosmetics launches national push after court ruling

								Health Care & Life Science, Law & Goverment, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
A federal appeals court has upheld an order banning Ventura-based Athena Cosmetics from selling its eyelash-boosting products in California but ruled that the firm can resume selling them in the rest of the nation.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

								
Northrop Grumman CEO christens Cal Poly lab

								Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories								
Wes Bush, the CEO of Northrop Grumman, one of the nation’s largest defense contractors, praised Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for its ability to produce work-ready engineers and called on other CEOs to partner with the school and others like it.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, January 17th, 2014

								
New capital injection brings Suneva Medical total to $70.5M

								Technology, Top Stories								
Suneva Medical, a San Diego aesthetics company with executive offices in Santa Barbara, has raised $35 million in debt and equity financing, bringing its total funding to $70.5 million over the past two years.