Better pro bono systems in SLO, Ventura counties
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Law & Goverment, Nonprofits, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Better pro bono systems in SLO, Ventura counties
Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties have more robust systems than Santa Barbara County for helping poor people who cannot afford legal help find a lawyer willing to take on their case. In both counties, local bar associations oversee systems that take in requests from the poor and, if the issue can’t be resolved, assign Read More →
Employee wellness programs get more complex with new rules
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Health Care & Life Science, Law & Goverment, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Employee wellness programs get more complex with new rules
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AnsibleWorks boots up with $6M in funding
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on AnsibleWorks boots up with $6M in funding
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Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories / Comments Off on Outgoing Sierra Vista CEO reflects on future of health care
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Hospitals contest surgery safety rankings
By Patrick Kulp / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
Surgery safety ratings at tri-county hospitals ranged from the highest possible rank to second-to-lowest in a recent nationwide assessment released by Consumer Reports magazine, but many hospital officials dispute whether the methods used by the report accurately depict surgical quality. Released earlier this month, the report aims to provide a generalized standard of surgical safety Read More →
Appetite for local finance feeds Slow Money movement
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Appetite for local finance feeds Slow Money movement
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Where have all the lawyers gone? Few attorneys do pro bono
By Staff Report / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Law & Goverment, Top Stories / 2 Comments
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was collaboratively adapted from Mission and State, a new nonprofit, public-interest journalism initiative in Santa Barbara. To read the full version, click here. The Business Times will publish a second installment looking at the state of pro bono legal services in Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties in a future issue.] [See Read More →