Partnerships begin to emerge in race for drone technology business
ColumnsThe promise and risk in what could be the next aerospace boom in Southern California.
Prop. 30 draws battle line between education and business leaders
Columns, OpinionWhether it passes or fails, the Proposition 30 debate has drawn some battle lines that won’t easily be erased.
Congressional candidates joust over taxes, housing
Latest news[EDITOR’S NOTE: Correction appended below.] Assemblymember Julia Brownley and state Sen. Tony Strickland clashed over fiscal policy, housing and education at an Oct. 2 debate in Thousand Oaks as their campaigns for the 26th U.S. Congressional district remained a close contest. Held at California Lutheran University, the debate turned especially heated when Brownley accused Strickland of voting against California’s Homeowners Bill of Read More →
Attorney general owes us straight answers in health care investigation
Columns, OpinionThanks in part to Obamacare and in part to an aggressive move by California’s attorney general, this is a historic moment for health care in the Tri-Counties. As I write this column, more than half the population of the region is served by a hospital that is in the early stages of an antitrust investigation. Read More →
These three middle-class firms are fighting their way to the top
Columns, Op/Eds, OpinionThis is turning out to be a tough time for some of the region’s biggest names in fashion, fast food and financial services.
Business lessons learned in fall disasters are lost on politicians in 2012
Columns, OpinionThe lessons of the three crises — 9/11, Katrina and the Lehman collapse — are hard to put into words.