Our View: Don’t forget local interests in the Diablo Canyon extension
At a State Senate committee hearing in Sacramento in late August, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff gave its biggest endorsement yet to a plan to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in San Luis Obispo County. In the early morning hours of Sept. 1, the California Legislature passed a bill, which Newsom seems Read More →
Our View: Diablo Canyon debate could give anyone whiplash
If the debate over the closing of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant comes down to litigation, we’d support any claim by any municipality that alleged a traumatic injury from political whiplash. It certainly is true that the revival of Diablo Canyon from certain closure to the likely probability that its license will be extended beyond Read More →
Opinion: Oxnard should shy away from risky pension obligation bonds
By David Grau Inheriting a predecessor’s underfunded public pension debts is never fun, but the need to address them is unavoidable. The question before the Oxnard City Council was how — and there is both a right way and the lazy way. The right way is to adopt policies that keep the pension debt from Read More →
Our View: Loss of Ramirez a tragedy for an entire community
Ventura County’s business and civic leaders have endured the devastating Thomas Fire, the Borderline shootings and the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. But nothing could prepare the county’s leadership for the sudden death of Carmen Ramirez, chair of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, who was struck by a pickup truck and killed in downtown Read More →
Opinion: Ventura County leaders remember Supervisor Carmen Ramirez
On the evening of Aug. 12, Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez died after she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing a street in downtown Oxnard. Here is a small sampling of the outpouring of condolences from community leaders in the days following her death: “There was no one I admired more than Carmen. Read More →
Opinion: Carmen Ramirez’s death is a wake-up call for street safety
By Rick Cole “We have breaking news tonight where a deadly vehicle vs. pedestrian accident has claimed the life of Carmen Ramirez,” the Channel 7 anchor announced. “She’s the chair of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors.” Ramirez was using the crosswalk at the intersection of 7th and A streets in Oxnard’s downtown when she Read More →
Our View: New CEO a wise choice by Ventura County supes
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