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Ventura Among Top Social Cities, Says Report

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An analysis of the most social-media savvy cities, released this week, ranked the City of Ventura as number 4 in its list of cities with the most social companies, based on the social media usage of business people. Ventura was tied with Austin, Texas for the position. Ventura was tied with Austin, Texas for the position.

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Ventura County Area College Explores New Engineering Program

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A local, Ventura County based college appears to be in the early stages of exploring starting an engineering program, to help local employers and employees. Ventura County, despite a wealth of high tech companies, does not have a major engineering program.

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EDF Renewables North America, Clean Power Alliance In Deal For Solar, Storage

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The Clean Power Alliance, the local renewable power provider which serves a significant number of Southern California cities, has signed a deal with San Diego-based renewable power developer EDF Renewables North America for a 300 megawatt solar project coupled with a 600 MWh battery storage energy system, the two said this morning.

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Report: Venture Capital Dollars In 2017 On Way To Record

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The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties. The report did not break down Southern California as a single region, but reported $4.408 billion invested across 386 so far in the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA this year. READ MORE>>.

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Competition For Amazon's Next HQ Reach Fevered Pitch: 238 Proposals

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Local, Southern California cities have all submitted proposals, with one from the LAEDC which ties together nine cities in LA County hoping for the HQ; another proposal from San Diego from the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. ; READ MORE>>.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).

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Verizon Provides Unlimited Text, Data For SoCal Wildfire Areas

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According to the carrier, the free unlimited talk, text, and data only runs from December 7th through December 10th, and only applies to customers in zip codes covering Sylmar, Sunland, Tujunga, La Canada Flintridge, Santa Paula, Ventura, Oak View, and Ojai.