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Editorial Department


| Monday, February 15th, 2010

Jobs agenda meets politics of obstruction

Columns

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up in San Luis Obispo on Feb. 8 to make his pitch for a $500 million plan for job growth and green tax credits, he was preaching to his kind of business leaders. Central Coast Republicans and Democrats alike often find common ground with the governor’s mix of faith in Read More →

| Monday, February 15th, 2010

Green districts garner attention

Opinion

A few weeks ago our news pages touched on a special kind of special district — one that promotes and funds green energy projects. Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo both are considering such districts, though with slightly different approaches to funding. And the idea caught the attention of The Economist, which wrote about Read More →

| Monday, February 15th, 2010

Spotlight on innovation

Top Stories

The Santa Barbara area is emerging as a hub for light-emitting diode technology, from practical lighting designs on the market now to the cutting-edge laser technology of tomorrow. LEDs are taking hold in the lighting industry and have the potential to use 15 times less energy than incandescent bulbs. At the steel-in-the-ground level, Carpinteria-based architectural Read More →

| Monday, February 15th, 2010

PG&E spells out plans for wave project

Top Stories

Pacific Gas & Electric has unveiled crucial details about its proposed wave energy project off the coast of Vandenberg Air Force Base — a major step toward alternative electric power generation for the region. PG&E said the project could be operational by 2014, generating as much as 100 megawatts of power and providing permanent non-fossil-fuel Read More →

| Monday, February 15th, 2010

Experts fear rules gridlock

Personal Finance

As new stormwater rules take final form in Ventura County, legal experts are wondering whether the aims of the regulations are on a crash course with the goals of landmark smart-growth and carbon emissions laws passed in Sacramento in recent years. At its heart, the conflict centers on density. AB 32 and SB 375, laws Read More →

| Monday, February 15th, 2010

SLO finds a solution

Uncategorized

The monthlong battle over San Luis Obispo’s Farmers’ Market has finally been settled, and the two warring parties have come to a joint decision: The Farmers’ Market Association will regain control of produce sales at the popular street fair. The Downtown Association, which seized control of produce sales in January, and the San Luis Obispo Read More →

| Friday, February 12th, 2010

Rescue dog foundation get $1M

Uncategorized

The Ojai-based National Search Dog Foundation won a $1 million challenge grant from The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation Jan. 20 that could pave the way for the creation of a national training center at a 125-acre ranch in Santa Paula. Seven teams from the foundation flew to Haiti shortly after the earthquake there and helped rescue eight Read More →