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Stark Differences Emerge at SB City Council Election Forums for Incumbents and Challengers in Districts 1 & 3

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Aug 31

Stark Differences Emerge at SB City Council Election Forums for Incumbents and Challengers in Districts 1 & 3

In partnership with TV Santa Barbara and the "Santa Barbara Talks" podcast, Newsmakers this week sponsored the first City Council...

SBUSD Moves to Help Ease Smart Phone Brain Rot; Another Builder's Remedy Blockbuster; Marine Sanctuary Baby Step

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Aug 24

SBUSD Moves to Help Ease Smart Phone Brain Rot; Another Builder's Remedy Blockbuster; Marine Sanctuary Baby Step

The best-selling book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, posits that...

DNC 4: Harris Vows to be "Unity" President Who Combines Caring Domestic Policies with Muscular National Security Stance

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Aug 23

DNC 4: Harris Vows to be "Unity" President Who Combines Caring Domestic Policies with Muscular National Security Stance

Amid chants of “we’re not going back,” Kamala Devi Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, vowing a “new...

DNC Day 3: San Francisco Star Political Scribe Chronicles Kamala's Roots & Journey; Tim Walz, Oprah & the Big Dog

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Aug 22

DNC Day 3: San Francisco Star Political Scribe Chronicles Kamala's Roots & Journey; Tim Walz, Oprah & the Big Dog

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention spent many hours this week denouncing Donald Trump, praising "joy" in politics, and...

Convention Day 2: Obama Says Election is About "Who Will Fight for You"; Salud Hits Trump-Vance for "Insults" to Military

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Aug 21

Convention Day 2: Obama Says Election is About "Who Will Fight for You"; Salud Hits Trump-Vance for "Insults" to Military

Rep. Salud Carbajal on Tuesday swiped at Donald Trump as a draft dodger and denounced his Republican running mate J.D. Vance's "insults...

Dem Convention Day 1: Speakers Sound Themes of Patriotism and Hope - Kamala Biographer Says She's "Winning the Vibes"

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Aug 20

Dem Convention Day 1: Speakers Sound Themes of Patriotism and Hope - Kamala Biographer Says She's "Winning the Vibes"

Framing the election as hope versus fear, Democratic speakers at the first night of their national convention, sounded themes of freedom,...

A Presidential Race Like No Other - LA Times Columnist Mark Barabak Breaks Down America's Historic Political Summer

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Aug 16

A Presidential Race Like No Other - LA Times Columnist Mark Barabak Breaks Down America's Historic Political Summer

Kamala Harris "will come back down to Earth sometime," says Mark Z. Barabak, ace political columnist for the Los Angeles Times, adding a...

State of Play: In 40 Days, Kamala Harris Remade the Race against Donald Trump - Buckle Up for the Next 80

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Aug 14

State of Play: In 40 Days, Kamala Harris Remade the Race against Donald Trump - Buckle Up for the Next 80

Poised for a coronation celebration, Kamala Harris is set to accept the Democratic presidential nomination next week, holding a slight...

Space Force to Coast Agency: Drop Dead; Secret Camera Scandal Hits SB Charter School, Sea Lions Sickened Hilda Speaks

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Aug 10

Space Force to Coast Agency: Drop Dead; Secret Camera Scandal Hits SB Charter School, Sea Lions Sickened Hilda Speaks

With all the courtesy and tact of an occupying army, brass hats from Vandenberg Space Force Base this week bullied and browbeat...

How SB Housing Crunch Hammers Seniors; Gavin Goes Militant on Homeless; Gophers vs Owls; Viva La Fiesta!

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Aug 3

How SB Housing Crunch Hammers Seniors; Gavin Goes Militant on Homeless; Gophers vs Owls; Viva La Fiesta!

If demographics is destiny, Santa Barbara planners, pols and non-profit plotters who endlessly obsess about housing are well-advised to...

Space Force Spurns State Coastal Fears on Elon's Rockets; City-Chamber Contract Mystery; SB Election Updates

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Jul 26

Space Force Spurns State Coastal Fears on Elon's Rockets; City-Chamber Contract Mystery; SB Election Updates

The U.S. military's indifference to the environmental impacts of rockets that blast off from Vandenberg Space Force Base keeps...

Salud: Biden Withdrawal "Purely Political"; House GOP to Blame for Border Mess; Federal Abortion Ban "Extremely Possible"

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Jul 24

Salud: Biden Withdrawal "Purely Political"; House GOP to Blame for Border Mess; Federal Abortion Ban "Extremely Possible"

Joe Biden's unprecedented pullout from his re-election bid was "absolutely" a pure political calculation arising from fears of a...

Kamala Biographer: Look for Harris to "Go Back to Her Roots as a Prosecutor" in Taking On Trump and His MAGA Movement

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Jul 22

Kamala Biographer: Look for Harris to "Go Back to Her Roots as a Prosecutor" in Taking On Trump and His MAGA Movement

"You may be the first to do many things," the mother of Vice President Kamala Harris once instructed her daughter. "Make sure you are not...

Capps: How County Settlement with UCSB Will Help Revamp I.V., Target Rent Gouging, and Ease Local Housing Crunch

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Jul 19

Capps: How County Settlement with UCSB Will Help Revamp I.V., Target Rent Gouging, and Ease Local Housing Crunch

Santa Barbara County's recent $3.7 million settlement with UCSB over the university's failure to build student housing will help meet...

Press Clips: 3 Possible Pathways Forward for Dems, as Biden Digs in and Control of House and Senate Hang in Balance

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Jul 9

Press Clips: 3 Possible Pathways Forward for Dems, as Biden Digs in and Control of House and Senate Hang in Balance

Joe Biden's unforced error, of engineering an unprecedented, early debate with Donald Trump will rank as "one of the greatest political...

Randy: State St. Car Foes "Nostalgic for Pandemic"; Homelessness "Not a Housing Problem"; Ale "Deserves Another Shot"

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Jul 6

Randy: State St. Car Foes "Nostalgic for Pandemic"; Homelessness "Not a Housing Problem"; Ale "Deserves Another Shot"

Provocative as ever, Mayor Randy Rowse returned to Newsmakers TV on Friday, setting forth some policy and political arguments sure to...

City Hall Tries to Please Everyone with State Street Plan -- Walkers, Bikers, Even Something for (Gasp) Cars

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Jul 2

City Hall Tries to Please Everyone with State Street Plan -- Walkers, Bikers, Even Something for (Gasp) Cars

In a case of the elephant giving birth to the mouse, City Hall last week rolled out its long-awaited, block-by-block recommendations for...

After Biden’s Dismal Debate Showing, National Campaign & Media Experts Assess New Political Landscape

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Jun 28

After Biden’s Dismal Debate Showing, National Campaign & Media Experts Assess New Political Landscape

In the wake of President Joe Biden's dismal debate performance, Newsmakers on Friday convened a group of veteran political talents that...

Biden's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Debate Overshadows Trump's Torrent of Lies

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Jun 28

Biden's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Debate Overshadows Trump's Torrent of Lies

In an epic political fail, President Joe Biden during Thursday night’s globally watched debate confirmed virtually every adverse...

Hell Freezes Over: County PC Demands Carbon Scrubbers for Fetid Carp Pot Operation Near Polo Condos

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Jun 27

Hell Freezes Over: County PC Demands Carbon Scrubbers for Fetid Carp Pot Operation Near Polo Condos

By Melinda Burns Island Breeze Farms, a two-acre cannabis greenhouse operation across from the Polo Condos in the Carpinteria Valley,...

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