With the city election in the rear view mirror, Newsmakers TV returns this week with a collection of only-in-Santa Barbara stories that...

“I don’t have the patience to fish," says Mike Eliason, "but I can sit for 90 minutes waiting for the light to be right.” Eliason, one of...

Fifty years ago this month, a first-term member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors named Dianne Feinstein suffered a humiliating...

By Lanny Ebenstein The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission has just released preliminary maps for Congressional, State...

Joseph Pulitzer famously defined "news" as "that which is apt to be talked about." - and by that measure Tyler Hayden in recent weeks has...

In one last look at Santa Barbara's municipal election, this week's Newsmakers TV panel sees conflicts ahead between mayor-elect Randy...

The noted barrister Steve Amerikaner, aiming his comment at a notorious, local poison pen editorialist, once memorably said that, in...

Randy Rowse says his "message rang true" in the Santa Barbara mayor's race, crediting his apparent victory in the contest to his call to...

Voters are staying away in droves from Santa Barbara's historic city election, with a mere one-fourth of those registered having returned...

The Newsmakers TV panel unfurls its crystal balls on Halloween Eve Eve for a close look at next Tuesday night's SB election results --...

In a private email, SB mayoral candidate Deborah Schwartz told key supporters over the weekend that Supervisor and local Democratic...

It's a safe bet that not a single voter who cast a ballot for Measure C four years ago thought they were agreeing to tax themselves in...

In his college days, James Joyce III competed as a Division 1 track and field athlete. Today, he compares his campaign for mayor of Santa...

Jade Martinez-Pogue was almost home from a visit to Northern California Monday when flames and smoke from the Alisal Fire, roaring down...

In a complaint to the state's political watchdog agency, a prominent Santa Barbara attorney accuses District 4 city council candidate...

James Joyce III got a major boost to his lagging campaign for mayor this week, when he captured the endorsement of the Santa Barbara...

Sample ballots for Santa Barbara's micro-local, mail-in Nov. 2 city election arrived in postal boxes this week, part of the city's...

Gwyn Lurie, editor of the Montecito Journal, rejoins the panel on a lively and contentious new episode of Newsmakers TV, offering an...

It's a big week in the mayor's race, as voters will have three -- 3, count 'em, 3 - opportunities to check out the candidates for Santa...

By Lanny Ebenstein The long-standing battle over locating UCSB and Isla Vista in Santa Barbara County's Board of Supervisors Third...