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Wilcon Buys Freedom Dark Fiber Networks

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Los Angeles-based fiber optic and data center infrastructure provider Wilcon announced today that it has acquired dark fiber provider Freedom Dark Fiber Networks. Freedom Dark Fiber Networks is also based in Southern California, and is a provider of dark fiber in the region. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Massage-on-demand company, Soothe, raises $31 million

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The Series C round from late stage and growth capital investment firm, The Riverside Company , caps a busy first quarter for the massage service. The former CFO of MarketShare, Heyrick has helped the company expand to over 11,000 massage therapists in its network.

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Soothe Scores $10.6M For On Demand Massage Service

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The funding was led by The Riverside Company. Soothe currently lets customers in the Los Angeles and a few other areas book a massage from a network of independent massage therapists. Los Angeles-based Soothe has raised $10.6M for an on-demand, massage service, the company said this week. The startup is led by Merlin Kauffman.

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A Tale of Three Cutting-Edge Cities

Tech Zulu Event

Just ask Riverside, California. Back in 2006, the city set out to build a municipal Wi-Fi network for its citizens. The city scrambled to find resources to build and maintain the network, ultimately costing residents more than $700,000 per year for a network to live up to the hype.

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SDNN Ceases Publishing

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The San Diego News Network (SDNN), the local media venture run by Barbara Bry and Neil Senturia, appears to have ceased its publishing efforts, according to a note posted by the staff Wednesday. SDNN said a sister publication, the Southwest Riverside News Network continues to "grow, thrive, and prosper". READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Backs Social Shopping Site

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A key part of Mertado's service is video content, whre it has syndicated content from Food Network, Fine Living, and Better TV to promote home an dkitchen products in its catalog.

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Tech Horizons

SoCal Tech Calendar

University of Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering. This event features panel discussions and demonstrations on sensor and networking systems, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 -- Tech Horizons. See [link] (more).