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...

By Cheri Rae The sight and sound of a child struggling to read aloud will break your heart: Shoulders slumped, head bowed, eyes...

Jun Starkey, recently hired onto the staff of the Independent, joins the Newsmakers TV gang, recapping her on-the-scene reporting on the...

The morning after, school board leaders Kate Ford and Laura Capps expressed calm certainty about pushing through a controversial,...

By Melinda Burns It has been nearly four years since the county Board of Supervisors rolled out the red carpet for the cannabis...

(Editor's Note: It's campaign yard sign season in Santa Barbara, as candidates for mayor and city council stipple the city's landscape...

By Melinda Burns Signaling a dramatic change from past policy, the county Board of Supervisors said this week it would consider requiring...

Forget the Gavin Newsom recall, the big buzz among political insiders in Santa Barbara this week was over a city election poll quietly...

Republican wannabe governor Larry Elder this week claimed he's "detected fraud" in California's recall election -- days before vote...

With three members of the Board of Supervisors comfortably ensconced in the pockets of the burgeoning local cannabis industry (shout out...

Kristen Sneddon staunchly defended her record against an onslaught of aggressive criticism from Barrett Reed on Wednesday night, as the...

This just in. Mike Stoker, erstwhile Trump Administration official and Santa Barbara's favorite Republican provocateur, has arranged for...