Editorial: Large employers loosen grip on Ventura County
Half-a-dozen years ago, East Ventura County’s economy was heavily dependent on two very large employers: subprime lending giant Countrywide Financial Corp. and biotech behemoth Amgen.
Dubroff: Wall Street rattles the West Coast, shaking up Amgen and Allergan

What happens on Wall Street is having a direct impact on West Coast jobs, with indirect effects on housing and other markets.
Op/ed: No easy answers in affirmative action debate
Last month, a federal appeals court revived the longstanding debate over affirmative action when it ruled that a race-conscious admissions policy at the University of Texas at Austin was constitutional.
Op/ed: Collaboration is the key to ending hunger in the Tri-Counties

During the past five years, Ventura County FOOD Share has gone from serving 33,000 people per month to more than 74,500 today.
Editorial: Power rides into auto history
We’ll take a few words to recognize J.D. “Dave” Power, this year’s Business Times Hall of Fame inductee, for yet another honor. The man who masterminded the ubiquitous brass, black and glass awards is picking up some additional hardware this week in Detroit. That’s because he’s being inducted this year into the Automotive Hall of Read More →
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.