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Street Smarts: Mid-State Fair returns; state could fund water upgrades
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Cleveland Fed CEO talks inflation, recovery at UCSB forecast
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Our View: Central Coast can prosper from tourism’s new normal
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Read More →Opinion: Making real change with CLU’s new Black Lives Fellowship program
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By Regina D. Biddings-Muro Leadership takes courage. Acts of courage will likely make you stand out — and sometimes in ways that will make some uncomfortable. By way of introduction, allow me to share that I am the first person of color to serve on the executive cabinet in the history of California Lutheran University. Read More →
Read More →Opinion: California can’t rest on its laurels when it comes to election security
By Pedro Nava, Bill Emmerson and Janna Sidley In 2018, then-Secretary of State Alex Padilla called California’s aging voting equipment “one of the gravest threats to the integrity of our elections.” The response from governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom and the Legislature was unprecedented. Over the next two years, California allocated well over $200 Read More →
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