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 | Friday, August 15th, 2014

								
TechPitch seeks Central Coast entries for contest

								Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
TechPitch, the annual business plan contest held in San Luis Obispo, is calling for Central Coast startups to apply for this year’s competition. Now in its fourth year, TechPitch has become a must-attend event that draws hundreds of business, technology and civic leaders. It’s organized through a collaboration between Cal Poly’s Small Business Development Center Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, August 15th, 2014

								
Software startup’s emails help companies motivate workers

								Technology, Top Stories								
When employees take a break at work, 92 percent of them check Facebook. OK, that statistic is made up. But the number is surely high, and what isn’t in dispute is that several well-conducted psychological studies at the University of Missouri, the University of Michigan and other institutions have found that Facebook has the potential Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, August 8th, 2014

								
Santa Barbara election lawsuit likely to turn into a numbers game

								Columns, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Tri-County Economy								
The lawsuit brought against the city of Santa Barbara alleging that its at-large voting system for City Council seats locks Latinos out of the political process is likely to come down to dueling data and competing experts who have a track record in other cases.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, August 8th, 2014

								
Courts say electronic records are on the docket

								Central Coast, East Ventura County, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
Coming soon to a courthouse near you: Electronic document filing, judges swiping through case files on touch pads and digital public access to court records.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, August 1st, 2014

								
Amgen cuts jobs at Thousand Oaks headquarters as drug focus narrows

								East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy								
  Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen has entered a new era in which a leaner organization focuses on shepherding 10 late-stage molecules into an increasingly competitive global market. Amgen said July 29 that it will cut staff at its Conejo Valley headquarters and consolidate into fewer buildings as part of a company-wide restructuring plan that Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, August 1st, 2014

								
Portable power: Ojai firm makes battery systems that can go anywhere

								Small Business, Technology, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County								
An Ojai company’s creation that started as a way to run camera and lighting gear for on-location film shoots has evolved into a battery system that can power everything from military forces in Afghanistan to an off-grid organic vodka distillery in Hawaii.

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, August 1st, 2014

								
Invested.in founder launches platform for accredited investors

								Columns, Technology								
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