Green jobs are no cure-all for the economy
ColumnsJust as President Barack Obama was delivering his Oval Office speech promoting a green jobs agenda as part of the next administration push, a report from California Lutheran University economist Bill Watkins was hitting the office printer. The message from Watkins was sobering. Green jobs are costly to produce, the opportunity is limited and, most Read More →
Banks adapt by changing their ways and revamping their looks
ColumnsThe financial crisis rocked the very foundations of the banking world — and going forward, it may change the way banks look from the ground up, too. Few people can better speak to that than Elisa Garcia, owner of Garcia Architects in Santa Barbara. She specializes in banking design; if you live in the Santa Read More →
Editorial: Santa Barbara, stand and be counted
OpinionThe city of Santa Barbara is the latest among the region’s cities to review and update its general plan. The next public meetings are on June 22 and June 23 at 630 Garden St. This is a chance to create a denser, more energy efficient and more prosperous city that better attends to the needs Read More →
Editorial: Capps steps up on Gulf oil spill
OpinionU.S. Rep. Lois Capps usually is content to capably represent her district and stick to her strengths on issues such as education and health care. But in her response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf Coast, she’s demonstrated real leadership — and proven to her constituents in the 23rd Congressional District that when Read More →
Starring role for GreenRock: Ramco turns recycled aggregate into profit center
UncategorizedTough times force every business owner to rethink. For Recycled Aggregate Materials Co. of Simi Valley, it meant envisioning how the business it had been in for 30 years — recycling concrete and asphalt into the base for road beds — could meet new demands for greener building materials. The result is GreenRock, a new Read More →
