January 23, 2025

		

Editorial Board


| Friday, September 10th, 2021

Our View: Ventura is on the right track when it comes to housing

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate

For the first time in decades, there is a bit of a building boom going on in Ventura, and construction appears to be happening where it is urgently needed: in housing for the city’s current and future workforce. As Staff Writer Brooke Holland wrote in the Sept. 3 edition of the Business Times, the burst Read More →

| Friday, September 3rd, 2021

Our View: Heidi Harmon changed the game as mayor of SLO

Editorials, Government, Higher Education, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Opinion, Technology

When Heidi Harmon narrowly won election as mayor of San Luis Obispo back in 2016, she vowed to shake up the status quo. And that’s what the former Bernie Sanders convention delegate did when she won by a handful of votes. During the next five years, she pressed the no-growth crowd for more housing, including Read More →

| Friday, August 27th, 2021

Our View: Troubling signs in SLO’s fight against COVID; A golden opportunity at Channel Islands Harbor

Editorials, Government, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, August 20th, 2021

Our View: Gillespie impressed in time at helm of VCCCD

Editorials, Higher Education, Latest news, Opinion

Greg Gillespie was newly arrived as president of Ventura Community College, eight years ago, when he took the time to attend one of the first Latino Business Awards presented by Pacific Coast Business Times. He impressed us as deeply engaged in the community and a committed educator, and four years ago he moved to the Read More →

| Friday, August 13th, 2021

Our View: For higher ed, a return to something like normal

Editorials, Higher Education, Latest news, Opinion

Amid all the handwringing about the delta variant and concern about vaccine hesitancy, let’s remember one thing that’s different about the fall of 2021. Our colleges and universities — the economic engines of our innovation culture — are returning to live instruction and taking proactive steps to deal with year two of COVID-19. They have Read More →

| Friday, August 6th, 2021

Our View: Vaccines still our best weapon against COVID

Editorials, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, July 30th, 2021

Our View: Vaccines are the way out of this COVID resurgence

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