The last direct flight from Santa Barbara to Silicon Valley, on a route run by SkyWest Airlines, is being discontinued, according to reports. SkyWest Airlines has informed Santa Barbara Airport officials that it plans to discontinue direct flights to San Jose in June, due to lack of demand.

Yesterday, I met with @LisaBraithwaite, a local Santa Barbaran. Finally, we started talking about the event on our radio show, Tech News, powered by Make It Work who is a co-sponsor now. Tags: Eric Greenspan 140conf Google Voice jeff pulver santa barbara social media tech news Twitter love Namechk.com for this.

Created with the free version of Terapad, ads can be removed from $14.15 The SSLEC, the second generation of UCSB’s original Solid State Lighting Center, is broadening its scope to include new research interests, including clean energy and energy efficiency, critical to reducing global warming. Privacy Policy. Terms & Conditions

We are also getting ready to re-launch blog.makeitwork.com which will provide a landing page for all things tech, both from our hundreds of daily appointments solving consumer electronic problems and our content from Tech News.  It’s been an interesting week to say the least. You can read their blogs on my links.  Bummer.  Facebook?

We are also getting ready to re-launch blog.makeitwork.com which will provide a landing page for all things tech, both from our hundreds of daily appointments solving consumer electronic problems and our content from Tech News.  It’s been an interesting week to say the least. You can read their blogs on my links.  Bummer.  Facebook?

The companies — both of which are apparently out of UC Santa Barbara — were founded by blue LED inventor Shuji Nakamura and fellow UCSB professor Stephen Denbaars. Filed under: Clean Energy , Venture Capital by Benjamin Kuo blog comments powered by Disqus Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. All Rights Reserved

Amgen, which is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, is the perfect kind of company to spawn an entire industry worth of biotechnology firms in the region. However, to date, there have been very, very few companies spun out or started by ex-employees of the company. It should be interesting to see how the efforts turn out. All Rights Reserved

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home neighborhood computer support firm run by Eric David Greenspan, is expanding its media empire with a new, daily technology video effort. According to Greenspan, the firm has tied with local Santa Barbara community news site Noozhawk, to publish daily videos on consumer technology.

ndash; October 4, 2007 – AmberWave Systems, a leader in the research, development and licensing of advanced technologies for semiconductor manufacturing, announces an in-licensing agreement with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to collaborate on, and fund, materials science research within the field of mesoporous materials.

Created with the free version of Terapad, ads can be removed from $14.15 The SoCal Biotech Ventures Summit came out of the efforts of Brent Reinke, who started the Gold Coast Business Forum for educational and networking for executives, and John Dilts, who started Maverick Angels for investors interested in financing and mentoring startup companies.