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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 14th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Don’t let CEQA rule out renewable energy projects
California’s lovely landscapes make it unique, but we must also make way for renewable energy.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, December 14th, 2012 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Three steps to prioritizing your company’s charitable giving this season
By Cynder Sinclair on December 14, 2012 This time of year most businesses find their mailboxes and inboxes overflowing with donation pleas. It seems like more requests come your way every year. There are so many good causes, especially in the Tri-Counties. How can you decide which organizations to give to? As a business person Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 7th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Smuggling surge is a threat to tourism
Gangs and gang-related drug activities, along with the burgeoning business of Panga boat drug couriers, are a serious threat to a tourism-based economy.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, December 7th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: The drone debate continues
State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, weighed in on the debate about drone activity over California with a bill to regulate the airspace above the Golden State.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 30th, 2012 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Middle-class retailers are being squeezed out of the shopping scene
A pre-holiday walk up and down State Street in Santa Barbara gives a pretty good cross section of what’s happening in retail stores across the nation.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 30th, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Cal Poly coach shares lessons after win over UCLA
Callero said he approaches basketball coaching in many of the same ways that a small-business owner approaches building a successful enterprise.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, November 23rd, 2012 / Editorials, Opinion / 1 Comment
The growth of alternative energy varies with government policy, which itself is as fickle as our nation’s politics.