Fair pay may be key issue for our time
ColumnsDoes the position of state or local bureaucrat come with entitlement to a job and retirement that far exceed those in private industry? Does the job of public company CEO come with an entitlement to get fabulously rich? These are two of the most important questions of our time. My own answer to both questions Read More →
Pizzeria goes online to save itself
Small BusinessLou Torres isn’t on Facebook, but as of Jan. 13 he had 6,116 supporters of his failing restaurant on the social networking site. Torres owns Deano’s Pizzarama in Santa Barbara, a 50-year-old landmark heading for closure in the face of an ugly economy and tough competition. He owes his landlord two months in back rent Read More →
SB County pushes for green energy district
UncategorizedSanta Barbara County is taking the first steps toward developing a new kind of special district that would allow property owners to finance insulation, solar and other energy efficiency projects that would be paid for on their property tax bills. After a feasibility study was completed in November and submitted to the Board of Supervisors, Read More →
Rocking the game world
UncategorizedWarren Dennis isn’t the first person you’d expect to invent a new way to control today’s most popular video games. A onetime race-car mechanic who made his name in the ceiling fan business in the ’70s and ’80s, Dennis calls himself “too old to be a gamer.” But he’s an inventor at heart, and his Read More →
Former homestore CEO signs plea
UncategorizedThe former chief executive officer of Homestore.com — the predecessor to Westlake Village-based realty Web site Move.com — signed a plea agreement admitting to securities fraud for his alleged role in a scheme designed to artificially inflate the company’s profits. Westlake Village resident Stuart Wolff admitted to conspiring to artificially inflate Homestore’s public advertising revenue, Read More →
Follow Direct Relief
OpinionHaitian officials are hearing reports that scores of thousands may have died in the powerful earthquake that struck the country. Many more may have been injured and made homeless. News reports tell of survivors without food and water digging the dead and injured from the rubble with their bare hands. As governments were readying responses, Read More →
