When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess this is a sign of the times. The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009

Santa Barbara-based AppFolio , a developer of software-as-a-service for property management, is announcing today that it has raised $8M in additional funding for the firm. The funding comes from the Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB). Appfolio said the funding round brings the company's total raised to $30M. the firm has previously also raised capital from Cisco Systems and BV Capital, in addition to the Investment Group of Santa Barbara. The company said the new funding will go to accelerate its growth.

Search engine giant Google announced Tuesday that the firm is funding a number of University research projects, including a group of researchers at UC San Diego, a researcher at UC Santa Barbara, and a researcher in Los Angeles. as part of its Google Focused Research Awards, to help fund research in ares of study that are of key interest to the company. Google said that the firm is awarding a total of $5.7M Among the 12 projects, which include 31 professors at 10 universities, are one on the use of mobile phones as data collection devices for public health an environmental

EI Solutions, the solar integration startup backed by Pasadena-based Idealab, has scored a win in the City of Santa Barbara. According to Tioga Energy, a renewable energy services provider, and EI Solutions, the two are building and funding a 384 kW DC solar electric system for Santa Barbara. The firms said the system will be installed on roof space on the City of Santa Barbara's corporation yard at Garden and Laguna streets. Tioga will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the system, with EI Solutions responsible for the installation. EI Solutions

Yesterday, I met with @LisaBraithwaite, a local Santa Barbaran. is providing funds for food, AV, security and an amazing venue at their HQ complete with every amenity one could ever need to pull off a successful meetup. Tags: Eric Greenspan 140conf Google Voice jeff pulver santa barbara social media tech news Twitte I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time!

Santa Barbara-based BioIQ , a startup developing personalized medical testing services, is in the midst of raising funding, according to multiple sources. in funding. Those filings indicate that $393,000 of that funding has been received since July of this year, with PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA's MoneyTree report putting the total at $629,000. According to recent regulatory filings by the firm, it is in the midst of raising $8.7M BioIQ has previously raised $2.5M

Santa Barbara-based Givezooks , an online site focused on charity giving, disclosed this week that the firm has raised $500,000 in a debt financing. Givezooks operates a site which helps nonprofits raise funding for their organizations. ...Tags: Tags: givezooks charity fundraising software venture capital debt fundin Source or details of the financing were not released by the company.

Brought to you by the team who produces Startonomics and Dealmaker LA, this hands-on “workshop-style” event will allow entrepreneurs to drill down on the key issues we face when laying the foundation to build and fund their company. New Noise Santa Barbara When: Thursday October 8th to Saturday October 10th Where: Canary Hotel Another busy week in Los Angeles with a few good events to check out. Tuesday October 6th

The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring. The group announced today that it has named the incoming Presidents of its area networks, with Steve Flaim in San Diego, John Glanville and Jeff Kurfess in Santa Barbara, Stu Roberts in Orange County, Scott Sangster in Los Angeles, and John Tillquist in the Inland Empire. Tags: tech coast angels The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group.

No details on the funding have been announced by the firm, however, DFJ Frontier now lists the company as a portfolio firm, and DFJ Frontier's David Cremin is listed as a board member at the company. The firm was started by a number of UC Santa Barbara students. Newbury Park-based Lottay , an online site focused on social "gifting" applications, has raised around $200,000 in a round from DFJ Frontier, socalTECH has learned. Lottay's online web site allows people to help buy gift cards and collect money from friends and family for those gifts.