Guest commentary: How the Central Coast can ride the AI holiday wave
By Starr Hall The holidays used to run on intuition. Store owners would stock up based on gut feeling, handwrite notes to loyal customers, and pray that the weather, the locals, and the tourists cooperated. In Santa Barbara, that intuition was practically an art form. You could walk down State Street or through the Funk Read More →
Our view: Opposition to offshore drilling unites environmental groups
Just a few months ago, the environmental movement was on its back foot. Aggressive action by the Trump Administration to walk away from renewables and EVs, and open public lands to all sorts of development, was met with a muted reaction. Affordable housing advocates were feuding with climate activists over no-growth policies and the outrageous Read More →
Guest commentary: What to watch for this holiday season
By Kris Batch The holidays are usually called the most wonderful time of the year, but they are also typically the most expensive time of the year. In a recent survey from Bankrate, 54% of respondents said they’d made an unplanned or impulse purchase during the last holiday season. Beyond purchasing gifts, many different expenses that Read More →
Our view: Central Coast’s season of giving has been going all year
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Guest commentary: The geometry of organizations in the age of AI
By Gerhard Apfelthaler For decades, business leaders have sketched their organizations as pyramids. At the top: executives. At the bottom: workers. In the middle: layers of managers. Some variations reflected distinct values of national or organizational cultures — steep and hierarchical in some environments, or flat and collaborative in others — but the basic shape Read More →
Our view: SLO County faces rare population loss
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Guest commentary: BofA hiring more military vets and Tri-County locals is good business
By Midge Campbell-Thomas & Greg Bland Research consistently shows that when people have long-term career opportunities and earn more, they spend more on durable goods, dine out more, save to buy homes that plant roots in neighborhoods, and invest more in their communities. That is why Bank of America is doubling down on its workforce, Read More →
