Minimum wage and salary increases — a ripple effect or a tsunami?
By Jon Light You may have heard that California will have a minimum wage of $15 by 2022. But there are ramifications beyond that gradual increase that employers may not have considered. In April, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a minimum wage increase to $15 per hour, phased in over five years between 2017 Read More →
Area code overlay better than breaking up the 805
With the California Public Utilities Commission ready to hold hearings on the future of the 805 area code, the easy call for this newspaper is to urge the CPUC to adopt a so-called “overlay” solution. With an overlay, the existing area code remains intact and a new set of three numbers introduces a new area Read More →
Treasurers tackle school bond issuance costs
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Dubroff: Sientra goes for gold by partnering with Lubrizol
News from breast implant maker Sientra that it had secured a contract with a unit of lubricants maker Lubrizol to have its silicone breast implants produced in the U.S. sent the stock soaring on Aug. 9. In an ironic twist on the Rio Olympics, Sientra has been running away from Brazilian manufacturer Silimed after European Read More →
SLO County rancher asks conservancy to help protect land from development
A San Luis Obispo County cattle ranch owner is a step closer to protecting her land from development. The 1,800-acre Hill Ranch is about 12 miles west of Templeton in San Luis Obispo County along Highway 46. The owner has asked the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County to help preserve the highly valued Read More →
AeroVironment drones tested, destroyed by Navy
AeroVironment, a Monrovia-based company with major operations in Simi Valley, had several small drones tested and destroyed by the U.S. Navy in a recent test. AeroVironment made the announcement in a news release Aug. 11. On Aug. 3, the Navy used AeroVironment’s RQ-20B Puma in a test on the small destroyer USS Monsoon in the Read More →
Proposal to close Diablo Canyon submitted to California Public Utilities Commission
Parties that drafted the joint proposal to close the Diablo Canyon Power Plant formally submitted it to the California Public Utilities Commission on Aug. 11. On June 21, Pacific Gas & Electric announced plans to close the aging nuclear power plant near Avila Beach by the end of 2025 and replace power produced by the Read More →
