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Editorial Department


| Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Central Coast water rules sent back for redraft

Uncategorized

A proposed expansion of water runoff rules that the agriculture industry says could cost the Central Coast up to 3,320 jobs and nearly $300 million in lost business is headed back to regulators for revision. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board regulates water in a seven-county swath of the coast that includes San Read More →

| Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Getting centered: Holistic Healing Center expands in Ventura

Uncategorized

The Holistic Healing Center in Ventura has a new home, a place where its founder hopes to bring alternative health and traditional Western medical practices together under one roof. The center recently moved from its 2,000-square-foot location behind Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura to a 3,500-square-foot, custom-engineered space in the City Center complex on Ralston Read More →

| Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Another stop on the Green Coast tour

Columns

When German solar panel manufacturer SolarWorld took over the former Shell Solar plant in Camarillo in 2006, the early signals were not exactly encouraging. First, SolarWorld planted its North American headquarters flag not in Ventura County but in Hillsboro, Ore., where it acquired an empty computer chip factory and built a solar panel plant that Read More →

| Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Atascadero might not be big enough for both theater projects

Columns

A theater showdown may soon be coming to a small city near you. Atascadero has two development teams battling to fill the void in the currently theater-less city, but the City Council is concerned that two movie theatres may be one too many for its little town. On May 11, the City Council voted 5-0 Read More →

| Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Editorial: Rise of the Wall Street machines

Opinion

We’re not the only people who’ve seen eerie similarities between the compacted crash of the stock markets in early May and the Black Monday crash of 1987. A slowly recovering economy, clashing views over currencies and computerized trading were all factors in the October 1987 crash as well as the mini-crash that happened May 7. Read More →

| Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Crowded GOP field in 33rd Assembly District

Top Stories

Four Republican candidates — a county supervisor, a financial analyst, a city councilman and a former planning commissioner — are vying for the party’s nomination in the 33rd State Assembly District. Each touts him or herself as the business candidate. Each promises to work to cut spending in Sacramento. And each continues to support drilling Read More →

| Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

A good sign: C&D Zodiac thriving in Santa Maria

Features

If you’ve ever flown in a Boeing jet and adjusted the air nozzle above your head or rang for a flight attendant, there’s a good chance you’ve touched a product made by C&D Zodiac in Santa Maria. C&D’s factory in Santa Maria employs 475 and is one of 15 facilities owned by the company, a Read More →