Goleta’s Community West Bank has strong third quarter
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public CompaniesCommunity West Bancshares, parent company of Community West Bank headquartered in Goleta, reported on Oct. 22 net income of $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2015 compared to net income of $1.7 million in the third quarter a year ago. Community West reported net income of $1.0 million in the first nine months of Read More →
Higea Technologies wins Tech Pitch competition in San Luis Obispo
Central Coast, Latest news, TechnologyHigea Technologies took the top prize at the fifth annual Tech Pitch competition in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 21. The San Luis Obispo startup is currently working out of the SLO Hothouse and was started by recent Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduates. Higea co-founder Tanner Cook told the crowd that the company is Read More →
Bankruptcy court OKs sale of Haggen stores in Tri-Counties
Latest news, Top StoriesHaggen will be able to sell all of its stores in California, Arizona and Nevada, including 36 to Smart & Final and Gelson’s Markets, a Delaware bankruptcy court ruled. Smart & Final and Gelson’s got the first pick of the 127 shuttering Haggen stores. Commerce-based grocer Smart & Final signed a deal for 28 Read More →
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo team takes third at solar decathlon
Higher Education, Latest news, TechnologyA team from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo placed third at the U.S. Department of Energy’s biennial solar decathlon in Irvine on Oct. 17. For the competition, about 100 Cal Poly students designed and built a house that was powered only by solar energy. The Department of Energy held the competition to accelerate the adoption Read More →
