Dubroff: End of merger proposal leaves health care future up in the air
Columns, Health Care & Life Science, Latest newsThe debate over the future of health care — in the nation and in the region — comes down to a single question. Is health care a competitive marketplace where price guides choices, or is it a regulated marketplace much like a public utility? That question remains unanswered nationally as Congress grapples with how to Read More →
Our view: Ventura County students on path to attend college
Editorials, Higher Education, Latest news, OpinionVentura County has taken a big step forward when it comes to math and science education with the P-20 Council, a business-education group, forming better connections between public education and the private sector. Those connections include a new program aimed at identifying strong students in STEM fields and providing them with the support they need Read More →
Dubroff: Trump boosts prospects for Cadiz desert water project
Columns, Latest news, Law & GovermentA desert water project that could supply as many as 400,000 Californians per year is moving through the final approval process with favorable political winds finally at its back and a substantial financial backer in place. Publicly traded Cadiz, the project’s owner, cleared another hurdle on May 2 when it lined up $15 million in Read More →
Union leader Hank Lacayo left his mark on the Tri-Counties
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Dubroff: Hotel Californian poised to leverage Funk Zone proximity
Columns, Latest news, South Coast, TourismThe next piece to the puzzle of Santa Barbara’s waterfront redevelopment will fall into place this summer with the opening of the three-building Hotel Californian. Management is being coy about the opening date for the 121-room hotel, which straddles lower State Street. It incorporates the original Hotel Californian, which pioneered the city’s Spanish Colonial Revival Read More →
Our view: Towbes, Morton, Lacayo were rare type of leaders
Editorials, Latest news, OpinionIn the normal course of business relationships, men and women build companies or lead nonprofits and then retire to leave the operations to a new generation or a new team. More rare is the circumstance where leaders are so committed to an enterprise or so intrinsically identified with their organization that they stay at the Read More →
United Auto Workers leader Hank Lacayo dies at 85
East Ventura County, Higher Education, Latest newsHenry L. “Hank” Lacayo, a union leader with strong ties to political and business leaders across California and the nation, has died. The 85-year-old rose to prominence organizing aircraft workers for the United Auto Workers in the early 1950s. After leading the UAW’s western regional office, he moved to UAW national headquarters in Detroit in Read More →
