To the surprise of no one, Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday selected California Senator Kamala Harris as...

As the deadline closes today for candidates to file papers for the November election, the Newsmakers TV panel goes around-the-horn with...

Thirteen Tuesdays before Election Day (that's 91 days until Nov. 3, for those keeping score at home) the most intriguing political...

Santa Barbara County public health officials disclosed for the first time Friday that 28 people died of Covid during the 35 days between...

As every school child knows, Godwin’s Law of Hitler Analogies reckons that the longer an argument proceeds, the more likely it is that...

Follow that story. One of the more frustrating realities of local journalism, for reporters and readers alike, is that the relentless...

School board President Laura Capps will run for a new four-year term as a Santa Barbara Unified School District trustee, she said in an...

In just 100 days, the voters of America will decide whether or not to award Donald Trump a second term as president, delivering a verdict...

In a week when Covid-19 remained the North Star of local news, the Newsmakers' journalist panel breaks down how the pandemic locally is...

Bespectacled, cerebral and cordial, Joe Rodota seems an unlikely figure to be burdened with the nickname "Dr. Death." But that's what his...

By Jen Griffith As teachers, many of us have been sharing publicly our great concerns about not being ready to return to our classrooms...

By Frank Ochoa I have read Newsmakers’ coverage regarding the controversy related to the plaques at the courthouse placed there by the...

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued new pandemic emergency orders on Friday that mean students in schools throughout Santa Barbara County will start...

If it's Friday, it's Newsmakers TV. Awaiting new statewide policy signals from Gov. Gavin Newsom, school districts throughout the...

Santa Barbara school member Kate Ford says it's time "to get serious" about improving and strengthening platforms and teacher training...

Last month, the Santa Barbara Unified School District took a first, tentative step to re-opening schools in August, with a hybrid system...

The leader of Santa Barbara's Daughters of the American Revolution chapter on Monday agreed that two controversial plaques on the...

Supervisor Das Williams charged on Monday that the Santa Barbara Grand Jury displayed "a remarkable lack of knowledge" in its blistering...

A few yards from a busy entrance to the historic Santa Barbara County Courthouse, two weather-worn plaques, affixed to a sandstone...

If it's Friday, it's Newsmakers TV. Four months into the transformation of everyday life triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Santa...