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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, October 10th, 2014 / Columns, Latest news, Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Groundwater rules and mandatory sick leave in spotlight
While the water law will introduce formal management to many basins in the region for the first time, it doesn’t fundamentally change the idea of proprietary groundwater rights. In employment law, starting next summer, California businesses of all sizes will have to give all employees — part-time, full-time or even temporary, exempt or non-exempt — at least three days a year of paid sick time.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 10th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on Dubroff: 10 things you never knew about the region’s Nobel Prize winners
You can spot them in a tux at formal dinners or in casual attire on a plane to Denver or LAX. Occasionally you find them on a pre-Christmas shopping expedition to State Street. Sometimes they even give a private chat for an area nonprofit and, you might even exchange emails with one of them. The Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 3rd, 2014 / Columns, East Ventura County, Opinion / Comments Off on Dubroff: News Corp. may strike fool’s gold with online real estate purchase
MySpace, once the hippest place in the galaxy for teens to hang out online, could have been the Facebook for millennials, but then Murdoch’s News Corp. got its hands on the fast-growing social media pioneer and ran it nearly into oblivion.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, October 3rd, 2014 / Central Coast, Columns, East Ventura County, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Nellis bids farewell with final thoughts about tech corridor
Today is my final day at the Pacific Coast Business Times. By the time you read this, I’ll be working at a startup in San Francisco. But for the past seven years, I’ve had the pleasure of covering technology and innovation in the Tri-Counties. I’ve reported on everything from semiconductor firms that have been in Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 26th, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / 1 Comment
When the A-319 Airbus jets with animals painted on their tails first landed at Santa Barbara Airport in June 2010, business travelers on the Central Coast breathed a big sigh of relief. Denver-based Frontier Airlines promised a full-sized airplane, plenty of perks for business flyers, DirecTV and dozens of inexpensive daily connections to the East Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, September 19th, 2014 / Columns, Op/Eds / Comments Off on Dubroff: Teague chose family over politics, and Ventura County prospered
Well-dressed, tall and affable, Alan Teague was a board chairman right out of central casting. The Limoneira Co. chairman had a politician’s gift for remembering names and faces. He had a welcoming way with strangers that complemented his ambition and drive. He was pretty much the most important person in Republican Party politics in West Read More →
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