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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 2nd, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: The perils of losing faith in the American Dream
When you cut through it all, these books give an articulate voice to inchoate feelings so many average Americans already harbor: The game is rigged, and the rich just keep getting richer.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, April 25th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Ventura County pension reform moves closer to a vote
Backers of the ballot initiative led by the Committee for Pension Fairness and Fourth District Supervisor Peter Foy delivered 40,500 petitions to the county on April 23, roughly 50 percent more than the number required to certify the measure for the ballot.
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By Editorial Board / Saturday, April 19th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: New Oxnard city manager has big to-do list to tackle
Greg Nyhoff will fill a void that’s existed since Ed Sotelo was put on paid leave early in 2012. That means Oxnard spent two years and four months with no one at the helm.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, April 4th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Unveiling the secrets of high-frequency trading
Michael Lewis doesn’t see himself as a business journalist. “I like to write about markets,” he told a small group of his peers at a conference in Phoenix on March 28. With that simple, declarative sentence, Lewis dropped a subtle hint about his next exposé. Indeed, a few nights later on “60 Minutes,” Lewis made Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, March 28th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Santa Barbara politicos trade places as fiscal clock ticks
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Peter Adam and Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider are an unlikely political pairing.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, March 21st, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: High schools seek business support for $6M grant
A unique partnership among Santa Barbara County high schools is competing for a $6 million Pathways Trust grant that could reshape technical education in our region.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, March 21st, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: CSUCI professors team with Yunus
Two CSU Channel Islands staffers and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus have launched the first textbook on social business.
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