Measure P puts future of oil drilling at stake
Central Coast, Green Coast, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyMeasure P would ban the use of techniques such as hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, and acid stimulation, which aren’t currently in use in the county. But it would also ban practices such as cyclic steaming, which is in use at about one-third of Santa Barbara County’s nearly 1,200 wells.
The posting police: Social Intelligence roots out workers’ comp fraud
Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomySanta Barbara-based Social Intelligence, a firm that combs social media and other sites for red flags about potential employees, has inked a new deal to help combat workers’ compensation fraud.
Governments, businesses band together on better broadband
Central Coast, Columns, East Ventura County, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountyThe Broadband Consortium Pacific Coast has been launched to bring the region’s Internet up to speed. The effort is a collaboration between public- and private-sector officials in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and has received an initial $300,000 in grant funding for its first two years from the California Public Utilities Commission.
Transphorm secures GaN patents
Latest news, South Coast, TechnologyGoleta-based Transphorm, an energy-efficiency company spun out of UC Santa Barbara, said it has been granted two patents that it believes could cover as much as 60 percent of its target market in power-conversion electronics.
Ventura County ex-Sheriff loses supplemental pension lawsuit
East Ventura County, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura CountyA Ventura County judge has denied former Sheriff Bob Brooks’ request for a $75,000 supplement to his existing $283,000-per-year pension.
