Opinion: Pandemic’s effect on the workforce hasn’t been equal
Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion, Women Inc.By Midge Campbell-Thomas According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2019 there were 109,000 more women working than men, occupying 50.04% of positions. However, once the pandemic evolved, thousands of women left the workforce to accommodate responsibilities brought on by stay-at-home orders, which left them as full-time caregivers According to the January Read More →
Opinion: Tips for making it through the rest of the Zoom era
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Gerhard Apfelthaler After a full year of taking meetings, interviewing candidates, attending conferences, teaching classes or attending seminars via Zoom or similar online platforms, we all know: Zoom fatigue is real, and it is awful. While we are all thankful for videoconferencing technology, most of us have experienced that a regular eight-hour day on Read More →
Opinion: Don’t tax California’s family businesses to death
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Ken Monroe In recent months, there’s been a lot of attention paid to some high-profile California businesses that have decided to move some or all of their operations to lower-cost states. Oracle, the second largest software maker in the world, is moving its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise—whose Read More →
Letter to the Editor: We can’t become numb to the horror of mass shootings
Latest news, Letters to the Editor, OpinionDear Editor: Thank you for writing this article, Henry (“Measuring time by massacres, from Columbine to Boulder,” March 26). You are right that it is horrific to measure time by mass shootings. I am a journalist as well. We have had two mass shootings in our family now, one where Micayla was murdered in the Read More →
Opinion: Don’t throw away Ventura County taxpayer dollars at Toland Road Landfill
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy David GrauVentura County Taxpayers Association The Ventura Regional Sanitation District is an enterprise public agency that provides landfill services for solid waste, water and wastewater services within Ventura County. Operating revenue is generated by various contracts with public agencies. VRSD is governed by a board of directors that include city council members from Camarillo, Read More →
Opinion: Starting SLO on the road to recovery
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Dawn Ortiz-Legg In late November of 2020, I was honored to be appointed as the 3rd District Supervisor for the county of San Luis Obispo by Gov. Gavin Newsom. As I have called this district home for more than two decades, my constituents’ concerns are my number one priority. From the onset of taking Read More →
Opinion: Supporting women entrepreneurs in a time of crisis
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionBy Dawn Golik and Ben Raju Each March, during National Women’s History Month, as we honor the contributions of women, the U.S. Small Business Administration recognizes the importance of female entrepreneurs. There are more than 1.1 million women-owned businesses with employees in the United States, employing 9.4 million workers. Female entrepreneurs are an economic powerhouse Read More →
