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By Staff Report / Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 / Agribusiness, Green Coast, Latest news / Comments Off on Onion, celery growers tout energy projects
Ventura County took a another step toward becoming a global hub for sustainable agriculture on July 11 when two big Oxnard food processors unveiled major energy efficiency projects. With a number of state and local officials in attendance, Gills Onions launched a major energy storage facility that will allow it to capture electricity generated at Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Xirrus funding nears $80M mark
Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus has raised $18.4 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to date to nearly $80 million. Founded in 2004, Xirrus makes high-powered wi-fi equipment designed to be robust enough to replace wired networks in places like colleges and corporate office buildings. The most recent $18.4 million was part of a $25.3 Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, July 6th, 2012 / Latest news / 1 Comment
KEYT Channel 3 anchor Paula Lopez will co-host Pacific Coast Business Times’ inaugural Latino Business Awards reception Thursday, July 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Ventura. The awards program is the first regionwide effort to recognize top Latino business leaders from Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. “Paula is the perfect person to Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, July 5th, 2012 / Latest news / Comments Off on Sansum Clinic and Cancer Center forge partnership
Executives from the Sansum Clinic and Cancer Center of Santa Barbara announced July 5 that the two nonprofit health groups are forming a partnership to bring more extensive services to cancer patients in the region. The organizations started the partnership process in early 2011, and it’s set to be complete by the middle of September. Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, July 2nd, 2012 / Green Coast, Latest news, Small Business / 1 Comment
A Ventura-based biodiesel company received a $1.8 million grant from the state government on July 2. The California Energy Commission awarded the funds to Biodiesel Industries of Ventura, Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, said in a press release. The project will tap solar power and the byproducts of biodiesel production to provide power for a Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Latest news, Nonprofits / 1 Comment
“It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than it is to earn it in the first place,” Andrew Carnegie, one of the country’s original businessmen turned philanthropists, once said. That’s the problem Tina Fanucchi-Frontado helps donors address with her business, SB Philanthropy. Three years ago, Fanucchi-Frontado was serving as executive director of the Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, June 28th, 2012 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Real Estate / Comments Off on Goleta Cottage garners $2M from Cavalletto Charities
Santa Barbara-based Cavalletto Charities gave $2 million to the fundraising campaign to rebuild Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, the health system announced June 27. Cottage is rebuilding its Goleta facility to meet a state mandate that requires all hospitals in California to be retrofitted to withstand a major earthquake and to accommodate new medical technology. When Read More →
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