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Counting on Das, Caruso Steamrolls Foes of Miramar Mart in Bid for County OK Before Time Runs Out; Schools, Housing

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Oct 26

Counting on Das, Caruso Steamrolls Foes of Miramar Mart in Bid for County OK Before Time Runs Out; Schools, Housing

L.A. billionaire heavyweight developer Rick Caruso is racing the clock, as he seeks county approval for a proposed, high-end retail souk...

Get Ready for It: Regardless of Numbers, Trump Will Declare Victory - A Roadmap to Election Subversion

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Oct 24

Get Ready for It: Regardless of Numbers, Trump Will Declare Victory - A Roadmap to Election Subversion

By Amanda Carpenter Protect Democracy On election night four years ago, Donald Trump falsely proclaimed victory, over Joe Biden, a...

The Great Debate over Measure P: Lanny and Wade Face Off vs. Marsha and Dale on Newsmakers TV

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Oct 22

The Great Debate over Measure P: Lanny and Wade Face Off vs. Marsha and Dale on Newsmakers TV

Measure P -- a proposed $198 million general obligation bond for building construction, facilities upgrades and infrastructure repairs on...

Salud Foresees Harris Victory; If Trump Wins, "Checks and Balances" Will Thwart Extremism; Why He Won't Debate

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Oct 22

Salud Foresees Harris Victory; If Trump Wins, "Checks and Balances" Will Thwart Extremism; Why He Won't Debate

Rep. Salud Carbajal predicts that "looney tunes Donald Trump" will lose to Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, while insisting that traditional...

It Can Happen Here: A Practical Assessment of How Trump's Promise of Autocratic Rule Could Succeed

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Oct 20

It Can Happen Here: A Practical Assessment of How Trump's Promise of Autocratic Rule Could Succeed

Two weeks before Election Day, the U.S. is a coin flip vote away from returning to the White House a former president who has clearly...

County Makes Slow Progress on IV Safety as City Takes Baby Steps on eBikes, Housing; Dissecting Indy Endorsements

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Oct 18

County Makes Slow Progress on IV Safety as City Takes Baby Steps on eBikes, Housing; Dissecting Indy Endorsements

Less than three weeks before Election Day, the SB Independent this week published its final campaign endorsements, Santa Barbara's most...

Big Legislative Win for Gregg, as Newsom Signs Bill He Co-Authored to Help Check Gas Price Spikes

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Oct 16

Big Legislative Win for Gregg, as Newsom Signs Bill He Co-Authored to Help Check Gas Price Spikes

( Editor's note: Assembly member Gregg Hart scored the most significant victory of his first term on Monday, when Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Why Hakeem Jeffries Came to Santa Barbara: House Could Be Dems' Only Firewall Against MAGA

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Oct 15

Why Hakeem Jeffries Came to Santa Barbara: House Could Be Dems' Only Firewall Against MAGA

On Sunday, George Whitesides stood smiling shyly at a crowd of 150 liberal boomers, one-percenters and political hacks in a Hope Ranch...

SBCC Chief, Seeking "Stability," Makes the Case for Measure P; Addresses the Charge that Campaign Claims are Misleading

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Oct 14

SBCC Chief, Seeking "Stability," Makes the Case for Measure P; Addresses the Charge that Campaign Claims are Misleading

One year into the job, Santa Barbara City College's chief executive says she is installing fiscal and facilities management systems to...

Op-Ed: I am SB City College's Longest-Serving Trustee. This is Why I'm Opposed to Measure P.

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Oct 12

Op-Ed: I am SB City College's Longest-Serving Trustee. This is Why I'm Opposed to Measure P.

(Today Newsmakers continues our series of commentaries on Measure P, the $198 million proposed bond issue for City College, with...

Roger Boosts Movie Palace as Caruso Makes Catered Pitch to Planners; New Pipeline Flap; "Squishy" SB Test Scores

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Oct 12

Roger Boosts Movie Palace as Caruso Makes Catered Pitch to Planners; New Pipeline Flap; "Squishy" SB Test Scores

BLTs, kale salad and a coffee bar were on the menu, as über-developer Rick Caruso wooed SB County's planning commissioners this week,...

Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey Clash on Abortion, Guns and Trump, in a U.S. Senate Debate Only Political Junkies Could Love

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Oct 10

Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey Clash on Abortion, Guns and Trump, in a U.S. Senate Debate Only Political Junkies Could Love

By Yue Stella Yu CalMatters The sparks started flying between U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff and former L.A. Dodgers star Steve Garvey minutes...

Dispatch from DyslexiaLand: The Ongoing Struggle for the Right to Read

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Oct 9

Dispatch from DyslexiaLand: The Ongoing Struggle for the Right to Read

(Editor's note : "Dyslexia Awareness Month," which falls in October, aims to raise awareness of the need for a more accessible and...

Op-Ed: City College, a Defining Institution of Santa Barbara, Deserves a 'Yes' Vote on Measure P for Necessary Capital Projects

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Oct 6

Op-Ed: City College, a Defining Institution of Santa Barbara, Deserves a 'Yes' Vote on Measure P for Necessary Capital Projects

(Editor's note: This is the second opinion piece Newsmakers has published about Measure P, the Santa Barbara City College bond on the...

Pundit Panel: VP Debate Was "Eddie Haskell vs. Ted Lasso"; Harris Outworking Trump; Unknowables Cloud Stretch Run

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Oct 5

Pundit Panel: VP Debate Was "Eddie Haskell vs. Ted Lasso"; Harris Outworking Trump; Unknowables Cloud Stretch Run

J.D. Vance' s slick, smug and dissembling performance in this week's Vice Presidential debate dazzled much of the national political...

Vance's Deceitful Answer on 2020 Election Will Be the Indelible Moment of Veep Debate Against Walz

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Oct 2

Vance's Deceitful Answer on 2020 Election Will Be the Indelible Moment of Veep Debate Against Walz

J.D. Vance outperformed Tim Walz for most of Tuesday night's vice presidential debate -- but the Republican's dodgy refusal to admit that...

Walz and Vance Poised for Veep Debate -- as Trump Prepares to Undermine Election Result if Harris Wins

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Oct 1

Walz and Vance Poised for Veep Debate -- as Trump Prepares to Undermine Election Result if Harris Wins

Amid the fog of political war, one thing is certain about the 2024 presidential election: win or lose, Donald Trump will declare victory....

Op-Ed: A Close Examination of Measure P -- and Why It's Not the Right Remedy for What Ails SBCC

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Sep 29

Op-Ed: A Close Examination of Measure P -- and Why It's Not the Right Remedy for What Ails SBCC

By Dale Francisco One fall day in the late 1970s in Pennsylvania, as I knelt on the roof of a new home and hammered nails into plywood in...

Carp Neighbors Say New Pot Odor Plan is Lame - and Being Rushed Before Das is Out; Growers Whine about Any Regs At All

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Sep 29

Carp Neighbors Say New Pot Odor Plan is Lame - and Being Rushed Before Das is Out; Growers Whine about Any Regs At All

By Melinda Burns A county plan for tackling the skunky smell of pot in the Carpinteria Valley was presented to the Planning Commission...

Mayor Randy Knocks Anti-Car "Utopian Ideal" in State St. Dysfunction; Talks Measure I, Miramar, Homeless "Progress"

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Sep 28

Mayor Randy Knocks Anti-Car "Utopian Ideal" in State St. Dysfunction; Talks Measure I, Miramar, Homeless "Progress"

Some of Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse' s lefty city council colleagues like to portray the eight, shut-down blocks of State Street as a...

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