Elections could rattle region’s city halls
By Tony Biasotti / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Elections could rattle region’s city halls
The battles for the 112th Congress and the governor’s office may be sucking up most of the oxygen this campaign season, but voters up and down the Tri-Counties will also pick new city councils on Nov. 2. The region’s largest cities — Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley — all have contested council elections. Read More →
Profitable merger for Noza
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Nonprofits, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Profitable merger for Noza
Noza, a Santa Barbara firm offering data to help nonprofit fundraisers, has been acquired by a South Carolina company that’s profiting handsomely from the nonprofit sector. Noza created technology that searches the Web for public information about the money that people and companies have given to charities. Fundraisers at charities and nonprofits can use that Read More →
SLO family fights state on ‘land grab’
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 18th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on SLO family fights state on ‘land grab’
Can the state demand access to a mile of pristine beach land in exchange for permission to fix up an old farmhouse? A San Luis Obispo County family, backed by one of the state’s top property-rights law firms, is suing the California Coastal Commission to find out. A family trust led by sisters Denise McLaughlan, Read More →
AOL’s $50M local news venture hits region
By Marlize van Romburgh / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on AOL’s $50M local news venture hits region
Internet giant AOL moved into the already-crowded tri-county media scene with the launch of its first Patch.com news website in the region on Sept 28. Moorpark Patch is one of about 150 community news-oriented websites that AOL plans to roll out in California over the next year, and the company has “significant” plans for the Read More →
UTC takeover looms for Clipper Windpower
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 11th, 2010 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on UTC takeover looms for Clipper Windpower
After rocky sales timing put Clipper Windpower in a cash crunch, its largest investor is in position to take control of the Carpinteria company just as its long-term prospects brighten. In December, multinational conglomerate United Technologies Corp. acquired a 49.5 percent stake in Clipper in a transaction that pumped $206 million in new capital into the Read More →
CytomX to take venture money and run
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on CytomX to take venture money and run
Santa Barbara-based biotech firm CytomX Therapeutics has raised $30 million in venture capital and announced plans to move to the San Francisco Bay Area by the end of the year. The company is developing technology that would help antibodies better target the disease tissue they’re intended for, reducing harmful side effects. It was founded by Read More →
Eight vie to chart future of Harbor District
By Tony Biasotti / Monday, October 4th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Eight vie to chart future of Harbor District
Whatever the outcome in November, this is a history-making election for the Port of Hueneme. The Oxnard Harbor District, the public agency that owns and operates the deep-water commercial port, is in the midst of its most competitive campaign in decades. Two of the three incumbents who are up for re-election are retiring, throwing the Read More →
