Simi Valley mall could be overhauled in 2014
The new owners of the financially troubled Simi Valley Town Center shopping mall have gone through more than 50 drafts of plans to revitalize the property and are moving close to announcing their strategy. That was the word from Brian Gabler, Simi Valley’s director of economic development, who spoke at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast Read More →
Read More →Amgen Tour to hit Santa Barbara, Avila Beach
[Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional information.] The Amgen Tour of California will return to Santa Barbara and visit Avila Beach for the first time ever when the Tri-Counties hosts the end of Stage 4 and all of Stage 5 for the eight-year-old road cycle racing event next year. AEG, presenter of Read More →
Read More →RingRevenue dials up $3.25M in funding
Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue has raised $3.25 million in fresh venture capital in a round led by investors GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to date to more than $10 million. The company, founded in 2007, initially built a technology platform to let digital advertisers track sales calls the way they track Read More →
Read More →Dole reports Q3 loss of $5.3M
Produce giant Dole Food Co. missed Wall Street expectations as it saw a third-quarter loss of $5.3 million, or 6 cents a share, on revenue of $2 billion. The loss is an improvement over third-quarter results from last year, when the Westlake Village-based food company reported a loss of $12.1 million, or 14 cents a Read More →
Read More →IQMS breaks ground on new HQ
Paso Robles-based software firm IQMS broke ground on a second 30,000-square-foot building on Nov. 14. The company makes software that manufacturers use to track production and plan for materials purchases. With a strong customer base in the automotive component manufacturing industry, the company has been expanding its offers with new sensors and hardware that let Read More →
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