Since World War II, only twice has the political party controlling the White House not lost seats in a congressional midterm election: in...

The convergence of back-to-school days and election filing deadlines underscores Santa Barbara's mid-term election reality: the most...

City Planning Commission chair Gabe Escobedo acted swiftly after a seat on the Santa Barbara Unified School District board of trustees...

In a political surprise, career educator Kate Ford has decided not to run for re-election to the Santa Barbara Unified School District...

In a special Viva La Fiesta Tres Amigos episode of Newsmakers TV, Nick Welsh, Josh Molina and the genial host take a deep dive into the...

With our genial host away on Special Assignment, the Newsmakers TV cast and crew is taking this week's show off, as a well-deserved --...

Seeking to overturn the 20th Century, the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority not only upended settled law on cultural issues in...

No truth to the rumor that it's harder to get information out of UCSB than from the CIA. Word on the street, however, says it's easier to...

This week, big brain Beltway bloviators feverishly penned a multitude of hot takes that hyped Gov. Gavin Newsom's White House prospects...

The ongoing conflict over parking near the Hot Springs Trailhead, featuring county government's bid to muscle Montecito neighbors rich...

By Melinda Burns Five former North County cannabis operators are scheduled for Superior Court hearings this month in two separate cases,...

By Suzanne Cohen and Laura Capps Rep. Katie Porter, the whip-smart, whiteboard-wielding Democrat from the longtime Republican bastion of...

The Newsmakers TV panel this week examines the local impact and implications of two far-reaching and consequential U.S. Supreme Court...

By Melinda Burns This summer, cannabis growers will likely hit the county’s 186-acre cap on zoning permits in the Carpinteria Valley, now...

Rep. Salud Carbajal's passage in the House of "red flag" legislation, a gun safety prescription now included in the Senate framework for...

In the early 1970s, Santa Barbara Police Chief Barney Melekian was unhappily working in a bank, when he experienced an epiphany while...

After a year of work by the Community Formation Commission, tasked with recommending a plan for civilian review of the SB Police...

Hilda Maldonado says the biggest mistake she made during the just-completed school year was expecting that, after a year of pandemic...

Five days before the June 7 primary, an otherwise jejune campaign season boils down to one key question in the two races -- 2, count 'em,...

Nearly 300 people watched the first and only campaign forum in the race for County Superintendent of Schools live online Tuesday night,...