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Dubroff: Isla Vista study takes a first crack at changing community culture

By   /  Friday, November 21st, 2014  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Isla Vista study takes a first crack at changing community culture

Nearly six months after the tragic killings that left seven people dead in Isla Vista, UC Santa Barbara has taken the initial, tentative steps toward re-examining how to better integrate the off-campus community into the rest of the South Coast.

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Op/ed: It’s time to throw the book at currency bid riggers

By   /  Friday, November 14th, 2014  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: It’s time to throw the book at currency bid riggers

Fining institutions makes great headlines, but those billion-dollar penalties punish shareholders, not the wrongdoers, and won’t change the culture of banking.

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Editorial: Our winners and losers from a landmark vote

By   /  Friday, November 14th, 2014  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Our winners and losers from a landmark vote

Since, as somebody once said, elections have consequences, we’ll spend the next few paragraphs trying to identify some of the obvious and not-so-obvious winners and losers.

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Dubroff: Global upheaval may signal rebound for tri-county defense firms

By   /  Friday, November 14th, 2014  /  Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Global upheaval may signal rebound for tri-county defense firms

Over the decades, it’s been hard for the Tri-Counties to escape the boom-bust cycles of military spending. Fasten your seat belts.

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Op/ed: The net-net of neutrality debate is that innovation may be a loser

By   /  Friday, November 14th, 2014  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: The net-net of neutrality debate is that innovation may be a loser

One of the most comical features of the net-neutrality debate is that both sides say the other is trying to stifle innovation. Both are probably wrong.

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Op/ed: Both parties need to figure how to get something done

By   /  Friday, November 7th, 2014  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Both parties need to figure how to get something done

Realistically, the best that either party, or the American public, can hope for is small ball.

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Editorial: Region steps up to pay back troops, veterans

By   /  Friday, November 7th, 2014  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Region steps up to pay back troops, veterans

With Veteran’s Day approaching, we thought we’d highlight just a few of the amazing efforts that take place in our region to support veterans and active service members.

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