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| Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Amgen Tour to hit Santa Barbara, Avila Beach

Latest news, Tourism

[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 →

| Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

RingRevenue dials up $3.25M in funding

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology

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 →

| Friday, November 16th, 2012

SB Neighborhood Clinics CEO to step down

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news

Cynder Sinclair is retiring from her post as the CEO of Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics. Sinclair has been at the helm of the nonprofit medical organization for nearly five years. It is a network of nonprofit clinics that serves low-income and uninsured patients. The clinic’s board of directors announced Sinclair’s departure on Nov. 16, and Read More →

| Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Dole reports Q3 loss of $5.3M

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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 →

| Thursday, November 15th, 2012

IQMS breaks ground on new HQ

Latest news, Real Estate, Technology

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 →

| Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

UPDATE: Pacific Capital sale to close Dec. 1

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news

Union Bank’s $1.5 billion acquisition of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust’s parent company is slated to close Dec. 1 now that federal regulators have signed off on the deal. In approving the sale of Pacific Capital Bancorp with a formal order on Nov. 14, Federal Reserve officials set in motion a number of events. They Read More →

| Monday, November 12th, 2012

Calavo gains 600K with sale of Maui Fresh

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[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:CVGW” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”12-05-2012″ enddate=”12-11-2012″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers sold its share of a Los Angeles-based fruit distribution company for $2.6 million in a deal that closed Oct. 31. The produce marketer sold its 50 percent stake in Maui Fresh International to San Rafael Distributing, the company that already owns the Read More →