Latest
By Editorial Board / Friday, February 22nd, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Santa Barbara media startup offers new model
The region’s sometimes quirky lineup of media players welcomes a new entrant this month. Mission and State, a nonprofit spawned by grants from the Santa Barbara Foundation and the Knight Foundation among others, rolled out the red carpet for its new staff on Feb. 19. The project was previously called the Santa Barbara Investigative Journalism Read More →
Read More →
Latest
By Editorial Board / Friday, February 22nd, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: California’s budget worries are far from over
Evidence abounds that California is less than half way through the process of grinding toward a budget fix.
Read More →
Latest
By Editorial Board / Friday, February 15th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: SLO should keep award winning school open
We hope the district board does the right thing and finds a way to keep Teach open.
Read More →
Latest
By Editorial Board / Friday, February 15th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Chamber creates framework for future
The Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce took the wraps off a new business model.
Read More →
Latest
By Editorial Board / Friday, February 15th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Veteran’s EMT program makes sense
This bill passed the House in the previous Congress but never made it though the Senate. Surely, now its time has come.
Read More →
Latest
By Editorial Board / Friday, February 8th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Weighing the benefits of an oil boom
On one side of the argument is jobs and America’s manufacturing resurgence. On the other is fracking and its environmental impact.
Read More →
Latest
By Editorial Board / Friday, February 8th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Retroactive tax payments would punish job creators
The Franchise Tax Board’s decision to retroactively tax small-business owners who sold their companies smacks of a bureaucratic over-reach.
Read More →