Op/ed: It’s time for California to invest in innovation again by letting businesses grow
The California Jobs and Innovation Act has gained the support of many corporations and industries, as well as community leaders.
Op/ed: Making affordable health insurance for California small businesses and workers a priority
But because of the Affordable Care Act, California’s small businesses and their employees are getting better choices.
Op/ed: Immigration reform can move our economy forward
By Daniel Grossman and Mick Hellman on May 10, 2013 From the business parks of Silicon Valley to the fields of the Central Valley, immigrants help fuel California’s economic engine. Unfortunately, our nation’s immigration policies resemble a badly tuned carburetor, restricting the full participation of immigrants in our system, choking them and us of oxygen Read More →
Editorial: To become tech magnet, region should think big
We’d encourage UCSB to think bigger when it comes to the longterm effects of the startups it spins out and embrace a broader role along the entire Highway 101 corridor.
Letter: Editor’s column was insulting to Conejo Valley
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was written in response to Editor Henry Dubroff’s April 19 column headlined “KPMG scandal gives the Conejo Valley’s elite a rude wakeup call.”] Dear Editor: My apologies for whomever it was from the Conejo Valley that slighted or disrespected you at some point. Was it really necessary for the sake of Read More →
Ex-energy secretary to U.S. technologists: Make it happen here

Steven Chu does not mince words about U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing.
Op/ed: KPMG scandal damages reputation of the accounting profession
What possesses an audit partner to trade on inside information and violate the accounting profession’s most sacred ethical standard of audit independence? Is it carelessness, greed or ethical blindness?