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Stephen Nellis


| Friday, August 29th, 2014

Former deputy sues Ventura County over tax break

East Ventura County, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, West Ventura County

A former Ventura County Senior Deputy Sheriff who makes $139,771 a year in retirement is suing the county after his application for a service-connected disability designation that would lower his income tax bill was denied.

| Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Venoco to sell Oxnard oil field for $200M

Latest news, Top Stories, West Ventura County

With revenue sagging and pressure mounting to reduce its debt load, Venoco has agreed to sell an oil field near Oxnard for $200 million.

| Friday, August 22nd, 2014

IQMS readies for big leagues with first outside investment

Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Paso Robles-based software firm IQMS has taken an outside investment for the first time in its 25-year history, raising an undisclosed sum from the same financiers who have backed Facebook, Expedia and Netflix. The company said Aug. 19 that Technology Crossover Ventures led the funding round with Banneker Partners participating. The terms of the deal Read More →

| Friday, August 22nd, 2014

iFixit taps its own mantra for new corporate digs in SLO

Central Coast, Reprints, Technology, Top Stories

San Luis Obispo-based iFixit’s mission is to save the world with “the repair guide for everything, written by everyone.”

| Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Competition heats up in infrared market as Flir, Seek Thermal release smartphone products

South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

  This holiday season, two South Coast firms will compete to sell what could be the hottest gadget gift of the year: affordable thermal cameras for smartphones. Goleta-based Seek Thermal, the company founded by longtime infrared entrepreneurs Bill Parrish and Tim Fitzgibbons that has raised $30 million, said Aug. 19 that it will offer a Read More →

| Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Lynda.com hires public-company exec

South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Carpinteria-based online education firm Lynda.com has hired a new executive to drive its global expansion and has opened an office in San Francisco to tap Bay Area talent.

| Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Semtech earnings on track after layoffs

Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Shares of Camarillo-based chipmaker Semtech Corp. were up 4.8 percent after the company announced stronger-than-expected sales and profits. Semtech, which uses a fiscal year that ends in January each year, said Aug. 20 that its second-quarter fiscal 2015 revenues were $145.7 million, up 10 percent from the previous quarter but down 12 percent from the Read More →