By Melinda Burns In a surprise move, the owners of El Dorado Farms on Highway 246 west of Buellton recently withdrew their proposal for...

In the most heroic act of journalism since George Smalley's horse took a bullet at Antietam, Nick Welsh showed up for duty on Newsmakers...

The news that Supervisor Gregg Hart is running for Santa Barbara's newly-drawn 37th state Assembly District sets off a cascade of...

Starting 2022 on a decidedly strange note, the Newsmakers TV gang roamed to the furthest reaches of Santa Barbara's local news landscape...

By Susan Salcido As schools across Santa Barbara County reopen following the winter break and prepare for a successful return, I wanted...

By Pedro Nava January 1 wasn’t just the beginning of a new year. It was also the start of California’s ambitious new effort to combat...

In a momentous homage to Dick Clark, the Newsmakers TV gang produced their own version of New Year's Rockin' Eve on Friday, as our...

Santa Barbara's biggest self-own of 2021 belongs to Das Williams and his pro-pot brethren on the Board of Supervisors, who heard bad news...

By Lanny Ebenstein Santa Barbara County is in the midst of a political revolution. The all-but-certain approval of the recent redrawing...

By Cheri Rae and Monie de Wit When it was announced back in 2019 that Governor Gavin Newsom was in negotiations to write a children's...

In a new, mansplaining edition, the Newsmakers TV panel dissects all the latest developments in the city and county's efforts to address...

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...