Amid record-shattering early voting across California and the nation, one-fourth of Santa Barbara County's registered voters already have...

The bottom line takeaway on KEYT's congressional debate between Rep. Salud Carbajal and Republican challenger Andy Caldwell on Saturday...

Nick Welsh returns to Newsmakers TV, still a bit bedraggled from the big celebration of being crowned -- first time ever!! -- Santa...

Speaking from the Washington hotel where he's quarantined for Covid, Rep. Salud Carbajal confirmed Thursday that he'll appear for this...

Three days before a showdown debate, Republican congressional candidate Andy Caldwell previewed his strategy with a series of blistering...

In 2008, Barack Obama's unflappable campaign manager David Plouffe famously derided neurotic and anxiety-ridden Democrats and liberals...

Three weeks before Election Day, 15 percent of voters who live within the sprawling Santa Barbara Unified School District already have...

Core supporters of a new, independent campaign committee that has riled the Santa Barbara school board race met while backing the...

Loyal and valued subscribers to the Newsmakers blog will notice something different in opening this post -- we've switched vendors to...

Andy's last stand: The one and only scheduled debate between Republican challenger Andy Caldwell and Democrat Rep. Salud Carbajal in the...

Jackie Reid is energetic and unapologetic in advocating a robust agenda for "equity," as she campaigns for a new term on the Santa...

Topic A on this week's edition of Newsmakers TV is the still-unfolding story of who exactly is behind a new independent expenditure...

Wednesday night's much-touted vice-presidential debate already is being swept away by the deadline-every-second dust devil of digital...

As she seeks a new term, SB Unified School District board incumbent Wendy Sims-Moten constantly emphasizes the importance of "equity" in...

The coronavirus has reclaimed center stage in the presidential campaign, as Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic veep nominee Kamala...

Conscientious and studious voters still scratching their heads over bewildering questions about this season's even dozen ballot props...

Virginia Alvarez was the biggest winner in the Santa Barbara school board race last week -- not for anything done or said -- but because...

Santa Barbara uber-journalist Nick Welsh emerges from the fortress of solitude, where he's been boning up on the 12 state ballot...

By Melinda Burns Some call it a “quiet revolution.” Others, a “hostile takeover.” Either way, on the heels of a severe drought, a group...

The disgraceful spectacle of the first presidential "debate" on Tuesday was so repulsive, bizarre and frightening that it took a...