Latino economy grew fast in 2010s, CLU report says
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Our View: Universities keep our region on top in innovation
If you want to know why the innovation culture is so important to the regional economy, look no further than the 2021 ranking of our top universities. In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, released Sept. 12, UC Santa Barbara cracked the top five among national public universities. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Read More →
Opinion: ‘Use it or lose it’ policy wastes our natural resources
By James Salzman The Bureau of Land Management auction in February 2016 for oil and gas drilling rights near Arches National Park was unremarkable. The high bidder, Tempest Exploration Co. LLC, paid $2,500 for the 1,120-acre lease by credit card and began paying annual rental fees. What soon did prove remarkable, though, was the revelation Read More →
Westmont receives biggest gifts in its history
Westmont College in Montecito announced Sept. 15 that it had received the two largest cash gifts in its history, totaling more than $15 million. In late August, Westmont received $8.2 million from Ed and Mollie Miller, its largest single gift ever. The donation supports the college’s Paul Raymond Miller Scholarship Endowment, named in honor of Read More →
UCSB makes U.S. News national top 30; Cal Poly, CLU among best in West
UC Santa Barbara cracked the top five among national public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” rankings, released Sept. 12. UCSB was No. 28 among national universities, a list topped this year by Princeton University at No. 1 and a tie for second among Columbia University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Read More →
Opinion: Oxnard was central to Chicano movement
By Frank P. Barajas This column is an excerpt from the book “Mexican Americans with Moxie: A Transgenerational History of El Movimiento Chicano in Ventura County, California, 1945-1975,” by Frank P. Barajas. From the United Farm Workers Boycott Office in Delano, California, Jessica Govea, 24, examined a clipping of a full-page advertisement in the Ventura Read More →
Dubroff: Haas Manufacturing Lab points to Ventura County’s past and future
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