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Blue Shield agrees to acquire tri-county Physicians Choice Health Plan

By   /  Wednesday, January 8th, 2014  /  Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Blue Shield agrees to acquire tri-county Physicians Choice Health Plan

Blue Shield of California has entered into an agreement to acquire Bakersfield-based GemCare Health Plan, which operates as Physicians Choice Health Plan in the Tri-Counties, the company announced Tuesday.

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SLO group spearheads broadband push

By   /  Monday, January 6th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on SLO group spearheads broadband push

The Economic Vitality Corp. of San Luis Obispo County is launching a letter-writing campaign for a grant from the California Public Utilities Commission to form what would be called the Broadband Consortium of the Pacific Coast.

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CalAmp shares slide as Q4 outlook misses

By   /  Friday, December 27th, 2013  /  Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on CalAmp shares slide as Q4 outlook misses

Shares of Oxnard-based CalAmp plunged 9 percent on Christmas Eve, after the company delivered a fourth-quarter outlook that missed analyst expectations. The wireless products company said it expects fourth-quarter profits of between 19 and 23 cents per share, lower than the 24 cents per share analysts were expecting, on average, according to FactSet.

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Port of Hueneme gets $3M in federal funds

By   /  Friday, December 27th, 2013  /  Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Port of Hueneme gets $3M in federal funds

The Port of Hueneme announced Dec. 26 that it has secured more than $3 million in federal funds to reduce air emissions, improve its infrastructure and facilitate food distribution and education in Ventura County.

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Thomas Aquinas prevails in suit over birth-control mandate

By   /  Monday, December 23rd, 2013  /  Central Coast Health Watch, East Ventura County, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Thomas Aquinas prevails in suit over birth-control mandate

Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, a Catholic four-year liberal arts college, has prevailed in a lawsuit challenging the birth-control mandate of the Affordable Care Act, the school said Dec. 23.

The U.S. District Court judge, however, ruled against Thomas Aquinas’ co-plaintiffs, including the Catholic University of America and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, in the suit over the new health-care law.

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California Energy Commission awards grants to two regional research projects

By   /  Monday, December 23rd, 2013  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on California Energy Commission awards grants to two regional research projects

Ron Pretlac of GreenTech Motors Corp. in Westlake Village and Peter Jardine of Shape Change Technologies in Thousand Oaks will receive almost $95K each from the Energy Innovations Small Grant Program.

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Sierra Vista names new chief executive

By   /  Monday, December 23rd, 2013  /  Central Coast, Central Coast Health Watch, Latest news  /  Comments Off on Sierra Vista names new chief executive

Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo has named Joseph DeSchryver as its chief executive, effective Dec. 29. He previously served as the hospital’s chief operating officer.

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