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Editorial Board


| Friday, January 31st, 2014

Editorial: Breaking through gridlock, Highway 101 project moves forward

Editorials, Opinion

The only thing that feels slower than the drive on Highway 101 from Ventura to Santa Barbara at 8:30 a.m. on a Monday morning is the process of getting the last bits of the four-lane road along the way widened.

| Friday, January 31st, 2014

Editorial: Ernie Righetti remembered

Editorials, Opinion

Our thoughts go out to the friends and family of longtime Edna Valley agriculturalist Ernie Righetti, a pioneering San Luis Obispo County avocado grower who died this week at age 97.

| Friday, January 24th, 2014

Editorial: Smart management and technology could ease water woes

Editorials, Opinion

Gov. Jerry Brown’s timely drought declaration on Jan. 17 may become a pivotal moment in the history of California and the region. It may be the impetus needed to spur large infrastructure projects and get California’s vaunted technologists working on a problem.

| Friday, January 24th, 2014

Editorial: Pre-school as economic development

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A Jan. 16 program hosted by the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County raised an intriguing question. If pre-school works so well, why not make it accessible to every kid in the county?

| Friday, January 17th, 2014

Editorial: Having Warner at work might be a plus for South Coast

Latest news

A contrite Ty Warner escaped prison time when he went before a federal judge on Jan. 14 after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion charges and paying a huge fine.

| Friday, January 17th, 2014

Editorial: Rooney takes the reins as port enters new era

Editorials, Opinion

The district, which oversees the Port of Hueneme, was viewed as the ultimate old boys club. But just a few years later things have changed.

| Friday, January 10th, 2014

Editorial: A stronger Santa Maria bodes well for the region

Editorials, Opinion

The city’s comeback is being fueled in part by the housing bust, which left it as a rare find in the region — a large community with affordable homes, condos and apartments and a skilled workforce.