Our View: Heidi Harmon changed the game as mayor of SLO
When Heidi Harmon narrowly won election as mayor of San Luis Obispo back in 2016, she vowed to shake up the status quo. And that’s what the former Bernie Sanders convention delegate did when she won by a handful of votes. During the next five years, she pressed the no-growth crowd for more housing, including Read More →
Opinion: Time to get serious about infrastructure
By Miranda Patton As California emerges from 18 months of COVID-19-altered life, commuters, vacationers, and freight operators are once again utilizing our highways, streets, and public transit systems. However, as mobility resumes to pre-pandemic levels, the subpar condition of our state’s infrastructure demands that it is time to commit to priority investment in local and Read More →
Last day to apply for pandemic relief grants in Ventura County; Guadalupe offers startup assistance
The application window for Ventura County’s COVID-19 assistance grant program to help businesses and nonprofit organizations will close at 6 p.m. on Sept. 2. Ventura County launched its fourth COVID-19 assistance grant program for businesses and nonprofits that did not receive a grant during the county’s prior business programs. Ventura County-based businesses and nonprofits may Read More →
SLO County joins Santa Barbara and Ventura with new mask mandate
Public health officials in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties now require everyone to wear face coverings in all indoor public settings to protect against COVID-19, after San Luis Obispo County reinstated its mask mandate on Aug. 31. Citing rising case rates in San Luis Obispo County, Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein issued Read More →
Our View: Troubling signs in SLO’s fight against COVID; A golden opportunity at Channel Islands Harbor
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Ventura County takes new tack to redevelop Channel Islands Harbor
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Opinion: Why this environmentalist farmer will vote to recall Gavin Newsom
By Ed Seaman More than a third of Californians are living at or near the poverty level. We pay the highest income taxes and the highest gas taxes in the country. The extent of the damage that the state government has done and continues to do to our children, our small business economy, our poor Read More →
