Newsmakers with JR
Press Clips: Decoding the Midterm Elections with LAT Political Columnist Mark Barabak
Since World War II, only twice has the political party controlling the White House not lost seats in a congressional midterm election: in...
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Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 20
Panel: School Races Tout Local Midterm Political Action; Ariel in Penalty Box; UCSB's Gag Reflex
The convergence of back-to-school days and election filing deadlines underscores Santa Barbara's mid-term election reality: the most...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 13
Panel: Gabe Moves Fast on SBUSD Seat, Plus: St. George Hotel, Monkeypox, Overdoses, SYV Hate Crimes
City Planning Commission chair Gabe Escobedo acted swiftly after a seat on the Santa Barbara Unified School District board of trustees...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 11
School Board Shocker: Kate Ford Won't Seek Re-Election to SBUSD Seat - Scramble for Successor
In a political surprise, career educator Kate Ford has decided not to run for re-election to the Santa Barbara Unified School District...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 6
Panel: WTF -- $780K for Another State Street Consultant?!? Plus: Funk Zone, Modoc, Diablo Conflicts
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...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 30
Shocker: Newsmakers TV Takes a Week Off
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 --...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 23
Press Clips: Kelsey Brugger Checks In from D.C. to Break Down that Huge SCOTUS Ruling on Climate
Seeking to overturn the 20th Century, the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority not only upended settled law on cultural issues in...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 16
Panel: New Details on Henry and the Hit & Run; New Life for Nuke Plant; New ESG and SoMo Flaps
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...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 9
Press Clips: LAT Politics Ace on Gavin for Prez, Whither Kamala, Nancy & DiFi, Democracy in Peril
This week, big brain Beltway bloviators feverishly penned a multitude of hot takes that hyped Gov. Gavin Newsom's White House prospects...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 2
Salud Bigfoots Das by Lending a Hand on Hot Springs Parking Turmoil; State St., Hotels, Housing, Roe
The ongoing conflict over parking near the Hot Springs Trailhead, featuring county government's bid to muscle Montecito neighbors rich...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 1
DA Moves Against Five Cannabis Operators: Perjury and Conspiracy Are Among Felonies Charged
By Melinda Burns Five former North County cannabis operators are scheduled for Superior Court hearings this month in two separate cases,...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 29
Op-Ed: Amid Roe Furor, Dem Women of SB County Mark 50 Years with Rep. Katie Porter's Call to Action
By Suzanne Cohen and Laura Capps Rep. Katie Porter, the whip-smart, whiteboard-wielding Democrat from the longtime Republican bastion of...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 25
Local Lens on Seismic SCOTUS Rulings -- Plus: Drought, Goleta Council, SBUSD & Flag Football Scandal
The Newsmakers TV panel this week examines the local impact and implications of two far-reaching and consequential U.S. Supreme Court...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 19
Carp Nears Cannabis Cap, as Odor Control Still Lags & Das-Steve Pot Cabal Still Kowtows to Growers
By Melinda Burns This summer, cannabis growers will likely hit the county’s 186-acre cap on zoning permits in the Carpinteria Valley, now...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 18
Panel: Salud Scores on Gun Safety; Housing Makes Headway; SB Honors Class Flap; Goleta Council Fray
Rep. Salud Carbajal's passage in the House of "red flag" legislation, a gun safety prescription now included in the Senate framework for...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 17
Exit Interview: Retiring SBPD Chief Says "Work is Not There" to Warrant Full-Time Watchdog for Cops
In the early 1970s, Santa Barbara Police Chief Barney Melekian was unhappily working in a bank, when he experienced an epiphany while...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 11
Panel: What's Behind Blowup Over SBPD Civilian Review Plan; Housing vs Hotels; Election Takeaways
After a year of work by the Community Formation Commission, tasked with recommending a plan for civilian review of the SB Police...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 5
Hilda Speaks: SBUSD Superintendent Responds to Onslaught of Teacher Criticism, Demands and Anger
Hilda Maldonado says the biggest mistake she made during the just-completed school year was expecting that, after a year of pandemic...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 4
Panel: Decoding Salcido-Lozano, SBUSD Pivots on Supe Woes, Ted Cruz Marital Aids, More...
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,...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 1
Salcido, Lozano Clash on Covid, Learning Loss, Race & Gender Teaching; Video's Here, ICYMI
Nearly 300 people watched the first and only campaign forum in the race for County Superintendent of Schools live online Tuesday night,...