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KCRW enters Santa Barbara market with KDB buy

By   /  Tuesday, February 18th, 2014  /  Nonprofits, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on KCRW enters Santa Barbara market with KDB buy

Santa Monica-based National Public Radio affiliate KCRW has acquired Santa Barbara-based station KDB, intensifying the battle for public radio listeners and donors in the Tri-Counties.

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Hotel developers embrace Paso Robles wine boom

By   /  Friday, February 14th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Hotel developers embrace Paso Robles wine boom

A hotel development frenzy in Paso Robles could double the number of rooms in town over the next 10 years, a figure that already has seen twofold growth since 2000 as wineries flourish.

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Labor of love: Nonprofit celebrates 30 years of teaching compassion

By   /  Friday, February 14th, 2014  /  Features, Health Care & Life Science, Nonprofits, South Coast, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Labor of love: Nonprofit celebrates 30 years of teaching compassion

Santa Barbara-based Adventures in Caring has taught thousands of future and practicing health-care professionals to provide compassion to their patients.

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Vitesse makes play for Internet of things in turnaround tactic

By   /  Friday, February 14th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Vitesse makes play for Internet of things in turnaround tactic

Vitesse, which had $103.7 million in revenue last year, is hoping that the Internet of things will converge with the turnaround strategy it has been mounting for the past several years that is starting to come to fruition.

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Conversant dials down on new ad strategy

By   /  Friday, February 14th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Conversant dials down on new ad strategy

Conversant will align all of its business units — including a new SET Media video unit that it acquired for $26 million in cash and $4 million in stock days after its name change — around the goal of direct conversations between advertisers and consumers.

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Inogen IPO raises $70.5M, prices at low end

By   /  Thursday, February 13th, 2014  /  Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Inogen IPO raises $70.5M, prices at low end

Goleta-based Inogen has raised $70.5 million in an initial public offering of 4.4 million shares priced at $16, the bottom of the expected $16 to $18 a share range, according to IPO investment firm Renaissance Capital.

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Company founder shares how J.D. Power rocked the auto industry

By   /  Monday, February 10th, 2014  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Company founder shares how J.D. Power rocked the auto industry

When Dave Power launched the Westlake Village-based research firm in the 1960s, he made waves in the auto industry by allowing consumers to for the first time critique — and therefore influence — the cars they were buying.