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Bill would ban offshore oil drilling along West Coast

By   /  Friday, November 13th, 2015  /  Columns, Law & Goverment  /  Comments Off on Bill would ban offshore oil drilling along West Coast

Lawmakers have launched another attempt to ban offshore oil drilling. While recent attempts to limit Big Oil’s reach have been concentrated to specific regions, this one is targeting the entire West Coast. But even bills with a more narrow scope do not often get passed. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, authored the West Coast Read More →

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Cal Poly, CSU Channel Islands faculty OK strike

By   /  Friday, November 6th, 2015  /  Columns, Higher Education, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Cal Poly, CSU Channel Islands faculty OK strike

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Orfalea Foundation office building available for lease

By   /  Friday, November 6th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate  /  1 Comment

An Orfalea Foundation office building is on the market as the nonprofit prepares to close by the end of the year. About 3,000 square feet of office space is available for lease at $5.75 per square foot. The two-story building has 11 parking spaces and three restrooms. Rob Hambleton and Steve Golis of Radius Commercial Read More →

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Dubroff: Region’s road warriors weary of business in the slow lane

By   /  Friday, November 6th, 2015  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Region’s road warriors weary of business in the slow lane

  When mudslides shut Interstate Highway 5 through the Grapevine in mid-October, the effect on the Central Coast was immediate and severe. Thousands of cars and trucks had little choice but to travel via Highway 101 and they clogged the route from Ventura to Santa Barbara — a trip that takes 30 minutes in light Read More →

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Dubroff: Obama administration’s anti-trust efforts failing in Tri-Counties

By   /  Friday, October 30th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Obama administration’s anti-trust efforts failing in Tri-Counties

Monopoly is a fun game — as long as you’re the winner. And so it is in the actual game of business, where monopoly has become the all-too-frequent outcome of mergers and acquisitions. It happened just a few months ago in the grocery business. Office supplies and pharmacies could be next. The grocery saga is Read More →

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Clark mansion’s future hinges on IRS resolving owed taxes

By   /  Friday, October 30th, 2015  /  Columns, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Clark mansion’s future hinges on IRS resolving owed taxes

  Hugette Clark’s generosity cost her. Clark was the daughter of the copper mogul William Andrews Clark, who earned his fortune through mining, railroads and banking. The heiress died in 2011 at 104 years old. Clark gave millions of her inherited wealth to her friends but she gave so much so fast that her attorneys Read More →

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Dubroff: Education revolution necessary for students to compete

By   /  Friday, October 23rd, 2015  /  Columns, Higher Education  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Education revolution necessary for students to compete

Lynda Weinman is on a mission to put some STEAM into STEM. Along the way, she’d like to overhaul the way we think about education. In an impassioned talk to 300 community leaders at a Girls Inc. lunch on Oct. 15, Weinman, the founder of Lynda.com, said she wasn’t buying into what she called the Read More →