Nexstera Tech, Mense win big at AngelCon 2024
By Jorge Mercado / Saturday, May 4th, 2024 / Central Coast, Latest news, left, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Nexstera Tech, Mense win big at AngelCon 2024
Female founders stood proudly in the spotlight on May 2 as two women-founded companies took first and second place at the seventh annual AngelCon Pitch Competition. Hosted by the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Small Business Development Center, six teams competed at AngelCon, which raised a total of $215,000 from 21 investors. Nexstera Tech, a Read More →
Conception captain sentenced to 4 years
By Mike Harris / Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 / Law & Goverment, Regions, Santa Barbara County, Top Story / Comments Off on Conception captain sentenced to 4 years
The captain of a dive boat that caught fire in the Santa Barbara Channel in 2019, resulting in the deaths of 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on May 2. Jerry Boylan of Santa Barbara was convicted in a federal jury trial in November of one count of misconduct or neglect Read More →
Conejo Valley biotech leaders discuss keys to sustaining success
By Jorge Mercado / Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Conejo Valley biotech leaders discuss keys to sustaining success
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Yardi to become WeWork’s majority owner if $450M plan is approved
By Jorge Mercado / Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 / Central Coast, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Yardi to become WeWork’s majority owner if $450M plan is approved
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Angel City FC re-ups contract with CLU, team reps speak on business of sports
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, April 25th, 2024 / Higher Education, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Angel City FC re-ups contract with CLU, team reps speak on business of sports
The partnership between the first ever fully women-founded football club, Angel City, and California Lutheran University has gone well over the past two years — so much so that both sides are signing up for more. On April 23, Angel City FC announced it has extended its contract with CLU as the team’s training site Read More →
Cal Poly marketing students embrace NIL
By Jorge Mercado / Monday, April 22nd, 2024 / Central Coast, Higher Education, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Cal Poly marketing students embrace NIL
The 2021 federal ruling that made it possible for student-athletes to make money off their name, image, and likeness — NIL — has given a lot of opportunities for college athletes that go to big-name schools to make, potentially, millions of dollars. But Randy Rovegno, a professor at Cal Poly SLO’s Orfalea College of Business, Read More →
X Games coasts back to Ventura for Round 2
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, April 12th, 2024 / Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Ventura County / Comments Off on X Games coasts back to Ventura for Round 2
Last year, the X Games return to Southern California — and hitting the Central Coast region — proved to be a huge lift for both the event and the County of Ventura. Now, the two entities hope to double down on the success in 2024 with the announcement that the Summer X Games 2024 is Read More →