Our view: Grant will help museum create sustainable future
Ventura County has taken a big step toward creating a living legacy for future generations with interim funding to bolster the Museum of Ventura County. A $125,000 grant was approved by the Board of Supervisors in a 4-1 vote on July 25, paving the way for the city of Ventura and private donors to step Read More →
Residents can learn from international students
By Loredana Carson International students planning to attend colleges and universities in the tri-county area may fear being unwelcome due to media coverage of negative comments, but once they arrive they are generally met with a lack of attention. Students in my classes have expressed dismay to me that they don’t often have the opportunity Read More →
Our view: SLO invests in future by approving housing
These days, the headlines on the housing front are grim indeed. The New York Times described Coastal California as being in the middle of a full blown crisis with average home prices crossing $500,000 and making much of the state out of reach for all but the wealthiest families. Gov. Jerry Brown has not yet Read More →
Balancing act: Camarillo company helps elderly with movement
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Dubroff: Tri-Counties exploring solutions to housing unaffordability
If you decided to hold your breath until California’s coastal counties found real solutions to the housing crisis, your odds of survival would be very long. But just when you think there’s no hope for an end to the state’s housing nightmare, there are some early signs of a new consensus to address the problem. Read More →
Storytelling can breathe life into your business
By Jodi Hill Marketing is an essential component of starting a small business. However, many entrepreneurs find themselves with a great product or service but little funding and no idea where to start. A familiar term associated with low-cost promotion is grassroots marketing, a process that involves targeting a small niche group of people and Read More →
Dubroff: Museum of Ventura County deserves to be preserved
Just a year ago, the city of Ventura was celebrating its 150th anniversary with a lot of fanfare and one heck of a party. Now, with one of its iconic cultural institutions in need of help, city officials and Ventura County’s board of supervisors will have to weigh the long-term benefits of putting the Museum Read More →
