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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 24th, 2011 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on SLO chamber chief’s exit interview
Thirty-eight years ago, Dave Garth was an out-of-work TV news director looking for a way to stay in San Luis Obispo.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, June 17th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: South Coast, let’s build a vitality group
A call to action to the South Coast business community to kick-start an economic vitality effort.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, June 10th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Ventura has a chance to brand as HQ central
With Affinity downsizing, Ventura needs to rebrand itself as a viable place for corporate headquarters.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 3rd, 2011 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Blockbuster business deals heat up region
Last year, it was Gerald Ford of Texas who led the way as investors poured something like $700 million of new capital into the region’s banking system.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Don’t punt on prisons
We need fiscally sound and lasting prison reform.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Task force gets tough on mortgage fraud
In creating a mortgage fraud strike force, Attorney General Kamala Harris has taken a big, if belated, step forward in writing the last chapter of California’s housing meltdown. As we have chronicled in these pages during the past two years, the boom and bust in housing in our region and across the Golden State did Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 20th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Terminal ushers in new South Coast style
At a cost of $55 million, the new Santa Barbara Municipal Airport terminal is one of the more expensive public buildings to open in the 21st century. And true to the Pearl Chase heritage of South Coast building, it is a Spanish Colonial Revival structure. But lead architect Fred Sweeney has done something few would Read More →
