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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 30th, 2012 / Law, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Melchiori, UC lawyers clash over $6.5M project
Santa Barbara-based Melchiori Construction Co. and the University of California appear to be headed for a showdown over a project at UC Santa Barbara that was originally awarded at $6.5 million. The UC Regents Office says the Ocean Science Education Building at Lagoon and UCEN roads should have been completed by Aug. 15. The system’s Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 30th, 2012 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Hanging by thread, EDCO asks Oxnard firms for funding
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By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, March 29th, 2012 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Sientra funding rises to $151M
Sientra, the Santa Barbara breast implant company that recently received the first FDA approval in several decades for new implants for the U.S. market, has closed a $65 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $151 million. The lead investor on the private equity deal was London-based life sciences fund Abingworth. Sientra’s existing Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 23rd, 2012 / Features, Green Coast / Comments Off on Khosla: Wood chips could be part of U.S. energy future
Vinod Khosla has seen the United States’ energy future, and it is wood chips.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 23rd, 2012 / Technology, Top Stories / 2 Comments
The fate of Carpinteria-based Clipper Windpower and roughly 200 South Coast jobs hang in the balance after owner United Technologies Corp. abruptly disclosed plans to sell the turbine maker. A top official for United Technologies Corp. called the 2010 acquisition of Clipper a “mistake” on a call with Wall Street analysts. Indeed, the Clipper acquisition Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, March 23rd, 2012 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on A new player in Silicone Alley: Sientra enters breast implant industry
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, March 19th, 2012 / Latest news, Real Estate, Technology / Comments Off on Tech leaders preview new incubator in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara will soon have a new technology incubator space, and its organizers are giving technology insiders a sneak peak on March 21. The Synergy Business & Technology Center at 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez is slated to open next month. Its organizers hope it will restore some of the cheap, flexible office space for Read More →
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