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Women Inc.Donna von Hoesslin opens her car door and pulls out a magenta-colored surfboard with her company’s signature shellflower logo in blue. “I’m pretty stoked about this,” she says, tossing sun-bleached hair back over her tanned shoulders. A passionate surfer, Von Hoesslin is the owner of Ventura-based Betty Belts, a company that makes and sells surf Read More →
After Baker, Cal Poly may need a rethink
ColumnsWith a world-class reputation for its undergraduate programs and master’s degrees, $1 billion in campus improvements and a reputation for bringing an international flavor to higher education, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo should be riding high. But for the third time during the past two years, it’s friction between recently retired Cal Poly President Warren Read More →
Editorial: A few easy steps to fix pension mess
OpinionAs the region, along with the rest of the state, confronts a massive problem in funding public-sector pensions, the abuses in the city of Bell should sound a clarion call to make real reforms in a corrupt system. The Ventura County Taxpayers Association reports that in the city of Ventura alone, some $3.1 million a Read More →
Universities haul in grants, but cash still tight
UncategorizedWith its state funding level still up in the air, UC Santa Barbara broke its records for external research funding by bringing in $222 million this year, nearly double the outside funding it brought in a decade ago. But as much as that money helps, it often goes to specific programs. With the state budget Read More →
Cal Poly out, Pepperdine in: Santa Barbara will get first MBA classes in January
UncategorizedWith Cal Poly San Luis Obispo out of the running, Pepperdine University is set to win the race to open the first master’s in business administration program in the Santa Barbara area. Cal Poly announced June 30 that it was abandoning plans for an MBA program, at the request of the office of California State Read More →
