Erika Martin | Friday, February 20th, 2015
California sets tough rules for Comcast deal
Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyAt stake is a merger that would more than double the size of Comcast’s market in California, taking its share of households statewide from 33.7 percent to 84 percent.
Erika Martin | Friday, February 20th, 2015
Bren School students get grant for biochar project
Agribusiness, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top StoriesA startup spun out of UC Santa Barbara is seeking to use the ashes of forest burns to give new life to farmers’ fields.
Erika Martin | Friday, February 13th, 2015
Frontier dials into the region with $10.5B deal
Latest news, Technology, Top StoriesVerizon Communications hopes to unload a quarter of its wireline telephone and Internet operations in a sale that would include all of its tri-county assets.
Erika Martin | Friday, February 13th, 2015
Growing the logical way
Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top StoriesLogicMonitor now has about 1,000 customers, which means more like 10,000 companies are using the software since many of its clients are managed service providers, including Symquest and CIO Solutions.
Erika Martin | Friday, February 13th, 2015
New Ventura County med center CEO has roots in region
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top StoriesAlthough Kim Milstien unexpectedly resigned from her position as CEO of Simi Valley Hospital last November, she will remain a major player in the region’s health care services as the chief executive at Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital.
Erika Martin | Friday, February 6th, 2015
Clinics stage comeback as services grow
Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Nonprofits, Top StoriesSanta Barbara Neighborhood Clinics brought its finances into the black largely thanks to the expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act that has dropped the clinics’ number of uninsured patients by 14.4 percent.
Erika Martin | Friday, February 6th, 2015
UCSB’s newest scholar is living in a material world
Columns, Latest news, Technology, Top StoriesUC Santa Barbara changed the face of leadership at its world-class STEM departments this week, naming alumna Rachel Segalman the Edward N. Kramer Chair of Materials & Chemical Engineering.