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Editor’s comment: From rants to rampage, many questions unanswered

By   /  Saturday, May 24th, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editor’s comment: From rants to rampage, many questions unanswered

Henry Dubroff

The horrific rampage in Isla Vista on the Friday before Memorial Day was the work of a lone gunman with a history of psychological issues. Anyone who has seen a fragment of the YouTube video that Elliot Rodger posted shortly before committing what Sheriff Bill Brown calls a “mass murder” will almost certainly find it Read More →

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SolarWorld learns what it’s like to be targeted by China

By   /  Friday, May 23rd, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on SolarWorld learns what it’s like to be targeted by China

Henry Dubroff

Two years ago, teams at SolarWorld’s sales office in Camarillo and production center in Hillsboro, Oregon, were hurrying to complete a Department of Commerce anti-dumping complaint against Chinese competitors when they received an urgent communication. An FBI field office in Camarillo wanted to give SolarWorld an important heads-up. Proprietary information had been hacked and the Read More →

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As Ventura County nonprofit leaders step aside, a rare opportunity to rethink philanthropy

By   /  Friday, May 16th, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on As Ventura County nonprofit leaders step aside, a rare opportunity to rethink philanthropy

Henry Dubroff

Ventura County’s nonprofit community was rocked by two departures in as many days.

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California fails to make the grade when it comes to valuing universities

By   /  Friday, May 9th, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on California fails to make the grade when it comes to valuing universities

Henry Dubroff

A new report from the California Budget Project underscores how poorly voters, bureaucrats and elected officials have managed the state’s signature assets.

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Cable swap would create regional duopoly for TV and broadband

By   /  Friday, May 2nd, 2014  /  Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Cable swap would create regional duopoly for TV and broadband

A cable television deal announced in preliminary form on April 28 would give the tri-county media landscape its most dramatic makeover in years, consolidating control over local cable advertising and business broadband service into the hands of just two major players. As proposed, Charter Communication and Comcast would swap millions of customers nationwide. The swaps Read More →

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Brown’s rainy-day plan is the sane solution to California budget crises

By   /  Friday, May 2nd, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Brown’s rainy-day plan is the sane solution to California budget crises

Henry Dubroff

Gov. Jerry Brown may be looking to make the rebalancing of California’s budget the signature achievement of his second administration.

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Spilling the beans on Ventura County’s lima legacy

By   /  Friday, May 2nd, 2014  /  Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Spilling the beans on Ventura County’s lima legacy

Before there were strawberries, lemons and avocados, the lima bean dominated agriculture on Ventura County’s coastal plain for nearly a century.

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