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Elections could rattle region’s city halls

By   /  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 →

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UTC takeover looms for Clipper Windpower

By   /  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 →

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AOL’s $50M local news venture hits region

By   /  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 →

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CytomX to take venture money and run

By   /  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 →

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Colleges of Law’s new era

By   /  Monday, October 4th, 2010  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Colleges of Law’s new era

The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law’s agreement with a Chicago-based nonprofit could bring federal student aid, online classes and the option of joint degrees to the campuses. The Colleges of Law said Sept. 21 that it is teaming up with TCS Education System, an organization that owns three professional schools, including the Santa Read More →

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Eight vie to chart future of Harbor District

By   /  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 →

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Governet connects colleges

By   /  Monday, September 27th, 2010  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Governet connects colleges

Santa Barbara-based Governet has won a contract to provide its curriculum software to the entire countrywide system of the United Arab Emirates Higher Colleges of Technology. Governet’s software, CurricUNET, is a Web-based system that automates the once paper-intensive process of developing and approving new courses in higher education. Seventy-four of 112 community colleges in California Read More →

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