Eco-devo investments will pay off with jobs
OpinionCalifornia has a budget crisis. A jobs crisis. And just as important, an economic development crisis. Precisely when the state needs to be fostering new business starts and helping small firms become the next eBays and Intels, there’s no one minding the store. As Assistant Managing Editor Marlize van Romburgh reported in a recent edition Read More →
Government fiasco unmasked
OpinionWe’ll give a shoutout to University of California, Santa Barbara, professor Jacqueline Stevens and reporter Kristin Collins of the Raleigh News & Observer in North Carolina. Stevens’ research and Collins’ reporting turned up the shocking tale of Mark Lyttle, a North Carolina native who was wrongly deported to Mexico and wound up in Guatemala, where Read More →
SLO Target moves forward
UncategorizedTarget is one step closer to building in San Luis Obispo, The Tribune reported. What would be the city’s first Target made headway when the City Council approved the environmental report and plans to annex the 31-acre shopping center. The project is proposed for land owned by Madonna Properties across the entrance to Costco, and Read More →
Westlake company snags $8M in capital
UncategorizedZumbox has raised an $8 million round of capital for its quest to make mail paperless nationwide. The company, which has 28 employees at its Westlake Village headquarters, wants to draw consumers in with a digital mailbox offering that’s more secure and less spammed than e-mail and, most importantly, tethered to a street address. The Read More →
