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 →
What the gov’s ego trip meant for CA
The Governator era suddenly it looks like one big ego trip.
Editorial: New generation sets challenge for Congress
With graduation season in full swing, it may be instructive to take a look at how the next generation of civic and business leaders views the current state of play in politics. Suffice it to say, that view is dim. A report from the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, a think tank located at the Read More →
Award adds spark to our new ventures
Pacific Coast Business Times is the winner of a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in news.
Editorial: Never count out an American comeback
Anyone who’s attempted to run a business of any size during the past decade knows just how difficult the role of entrepreneur can be. In addition to the peculiar difficulties of operating in California, there has been a persistent backdrop of bad news — the dot-bomb fiasco, the housing bubble, the housing collapse, the ongoing Read More →
Cable wars put Central Coast in play
Consolidation appears to be on the way for the Central Coast’s Balkanized lineup of telecom providers. But precisely how the lineup will look if and when Charter Communications unloads its North Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties holdings is hard to say. In a report that remains to be fully confirmed, Bloomberg News reported Read More →
