April 25, 2025

		

Editorial Board


| Friday, February 6th, 2015

Editorial: Lompoc gets its groove back amid tourism boom

Editorials, Opinion

Hello, Lompoc. We’ll confess that in our 15 years, the Business Times has badly under-reported business and tourism news coming out of the Lompoc Valley. As a second city to larger Santa Maria, Lompoc has stuggled a bit over the years to find its identity. And more recently, it was badly hurt by the real Read More →

| Friday, January 30th, 2015

Editorial: Pope Francis teaches world leaders a lesson

Editorials, Opinion

What Francis is telling his peers is that you cannot be held captive by those of your own party.

| Friday, January 23rd, 2015

Editorial: Je suis Wendy?

Editorials, Opinion

A robust and spirited public debate is what the framers had in mind when they created the First Amendment.

| Friday, January 23rd, 2015

Editorial: Capps puts spotlight on Isla Vista murders

Editorials, Opinion

More movement on local governance issues, more answers and a better approach managing mental health and gun ownership would be welcome developments.

| Friday, January 16th, 2015

Editorial: Standing up for freedom, in France and Hollywood

Editorials, Opinion

As an independent media company, we applaud the way that journalists, the entertainment industry and the public have rallied to the cause of a free society. We are proud to say, “Je Suis Charlie.”

| Thursday, January 15th, 2015

Happy birthday, Carpinteria

Editorials, Opinion

Carpinteria celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a banquet that includes a special “golden jubilee” beer produced by homegrown brewer Paul Wright of Island Brewing Co.

| Friday, January 9th, 2015

Editorial: Gov. Brown is right about higher ed costs

Editorials, Opinion

The legislature needs to fund our flagship Cal Poly and allow measured expansion to 15,000 students at our emerging leader, CSUCI, in a manner fair to taxpayers and students.