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Op/ed: Balancing conservation and innovation are key to growing region’s economy

By   /  Friday, September 7th, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Balancing conservation and innovation are key to growing region’s economy

Thoughts on growing the tri-county economy from State Senate candidate Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara.

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Editorial: Private sector, not train, likely to put state on track

By   /  Friday, August 24th, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Private sector, not train, likely to put state on track

Despite an improving economy, discontent is simmering across California this summer.

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Op/ed: Washington’s attack on job creators is hurting future generations

By   /  Friday, August 17th, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Washington’s attack on job creators is hurting future generations

Congressional candidate Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, on creating private-sector jobs.

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Op/ed: Supporting our innovation economy is the key to prosperity

By   /  Friday, August 17th, 2012  /  Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Op/ed: Supporting our innovation economy is the key to prosperity

Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, on economic development.

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Editorial: Simi Valley sights its economic future

By   /  Friday, August 17th, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: Simi Valley sights its economic future

Since the deep recession of the early 1990s triggered by post-Cold War defense cuts, Simi Valley has evolved from industrial center to bedroom community to small-business hub. Now, Mayor Bob Huber wants to reinvent the city as what you might call Simi Valley 4.0, combining the best parts of its past but bringing more of Read More →

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Timothy Geithner’s four simple rules for navigating global recovery

By   /  Friday, August 3rd, 2012  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Timothy Geithner’s four simple rules for navigating global recovery

LOS ANGELES — He is surprisingly slight of build, unflappably low-key, well-dressed and, of course, there is that full head of wavy brown hair. In short, Timothy Geithner has all of the proper accoutrements for the person he is — the 75th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, a bureaucratic mandarin and President Barack Obama’s go-to Read More →

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Geithner: Factories, tech, ag key to recovery

By   /  Tuesday, July 31st, 2012  /  Latest news, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Geithner: Factories, tech, ag key to recovery

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said July 31 that California can count on manufacturing, high tech and agriculture to fuel recovery even as it grapples with housing aftershocks. Geithner, who has come under recent congressional scrutiny for what he knew about Libor rate-fixing while head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New of York, Read More →

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