Camarillo’s Salem Media acquires Retirement Watch
Camarillo-based Christian and conservative radio operator Salem Media Group acquired RetirementWatch.com and Retirement Watch newsletter on April 4. Salem announced the deal just before markets opened. Retirement Watch offers independent research and advice about retirement planning. The site provides information about the financial aspects of retirement planning: investments, Social Security and estate planning, among others. Read More →
California Lutheran University launching startup incubator
California Lutheran University will launch an incubator out of its entrepreneurship center in Westlake Village, the school announced April 4. The school opened the California Lutheran University Center for Entrepreneurship in 2014 as a co-working space for regional entrepreneurs. A contractor ran the facility until Cal Lutheran took over operations last summer. The new incubator, Read More →
Vandenberg officials tour Cal Poly’s miniature satellite program
Vandenberg Air Force Base officials met with staff and students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s PolySat program April 1. The program makes miniature satellites for research missions that are then launched in excess payload spaces of larger satellites. Cal Poly Aerospace Engineering Professor Jordi Puig-Suari created the program in 1999 and gave a tour Read More →
Semtech’s LoRa to be used for trackers to monitor health of cattle
Camarillo-based Semtech’s LoRa wireless technology has been selected by Quantified Ag for trackers that will monitor and report the health of cattle. Sensors in each ear tag will constantly monitor livestock temperature, movement and other vital signs. The information from the ear tracker is relayed to a receiver, which sends data to a central system Read More →
St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital gets $5 million donation
St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo received a $5 million donation from an anonymous philanthropist that will establish a new surgical suite consisting of three operating rooms and a family waiting area. The donation is the largest in the hospital’s 42-year history. “We are extremely grateful to receive this extraordinary gift,” said Darren Lee, Read More →
Invoca raises $30 million from investors
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Central Coast peer-to-peer lending grows
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