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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 25th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Entrepreneurs thrive in years after celebration in Spirit awards
C’est Cheese is not the only Spirit of Small Business winner we’ve seen grow up a lot over the years.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, July 25th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Cuyama solar array reignites region’s energy prospects
Santa Barbara County’s ability to embrace a large-scale energy project of any kind got a major test on July 22, when its planning commission heard testimony about the proposed 40-megawatt Cuyama Solar Project. Developed by First Solar, which previously owned the 550-megawatt Topaz Solar Farm project in San Luis Obispo County, this project would modestly Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, July 18th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: VCHCA earns high-profile grant to study disease
While diabetes, cancer and heart disease grab the headlines and the lion’s share of grant funding, other major illnesses can fall off the map.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, July 18th, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Obamacare, and where we go from here
By Jim Wisdom The early results are in for the Affordable Care Act. What are the results and who are the early winners and losers? More importantly, what should we expect in 2015 and beyond? In California, 3.1 million people enrolled in a health-insurance plan through either Covered California, the state’s new health care exchange, Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, July 18th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Thanks, but we’ll stay in California
Oh no, not L.A. Reports that a proposed initiative to split California into six states might make the ballot in 2016 has our blood boiling. That’s because the author of the cockamamie scheme, Bay Area venture capitalist Tim Draper, insists on lumping Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties together with Los Angeles County Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 18th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on How Mission & State became foundation’s Mission Impossible
It’s time to hit “pause” on the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Mission & State public-interest journalism project. That’s not just my view. At a packed community meeting with representation from a half-dozen media organizations in the area, Lois Mitchell, president of The Orfalea Foundation, a program funder, urged the foundation to suspend a controversial contract that Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, July 11th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Influx of minors pushes immigration reform to top of agenda
Housing undocumented children can not be a long-term mission for Naval Base Ventura County, which has national-defense priorities to focus on.
