When the Thomas Fire broke out last Dec. 4, Mike Eliason was teaching a community class on disaster preparedness. By the afternoon of...

Days after Gregg Hart won the Democrat’s endorsement for 2nd District Supervisor, some women activists remain perturbed by the process,...

Special to political junkies, here are five takeaways on Gregg Hart winning the key Democratic Party endorsement Thursday night over...

Gail Teton-Landis just confirmed that Gregg Hart won the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party’s endorsement over Susan Epstein in the...

UPDATE Feb. 9: Initial DNA testing of bacteria in the mud and the surf zone at Goleta Beach, where the county is dumping mud from the...

Extra, Extra! Councilman Gregg Hart hasn’t publicly announced he’s running for 2nd District supervisor yet, but just set up a campaign...

Newsmakers will return to regular (local) programming shortly, but having raised the subject of the State of the Union, we first feel...

In a few hours, the 46 percent 45th President of the United States is scheduled to deliver the (heaven help us) State of the Union...

(Editor's note: Environmental advocate and attorney Jana Zimmer is out with a well-timed new book that breaks down the complex legal,...

A new edition of Newsmakers TV is now online, highlighting the work of two reporters who are making news with their coverage of the...

A whiff of charred wood comes off the black mud that is being dumped daily into the ocean at Goleta Beach County Park, part of the...

The City Council voted late Tuesday night to hold a special election in June to determine the successor to Mayor Cathy Murillo in the...

Under Santa Barbara’s Charter, the city council has until Feb. 8 to fill the former seat of new Mayor Cathy Murillo. By the time Tuesday...

About 2,000 people gathered in De La Guerra Plaza Saturday to celebrate the second annual Women’s March, an event whose tone and themes...

Long before Mike Eliason became the most conscientious and helpful Public Information Officer in the history of government flacks, he was...

Outgoing Supervisor Janet Wolf on Thursday endorsed Susan Epstein to succeed her in the 2nd District, casting her decision in part on the...

The surging river of mud and boulders that engulfed swaths of Montecito from the mountains to the sea last week, killing 20, was a rare...

In a sad and somber start to our winter season, Kelsey Brugger, Laura Capps and Nick Welsh join Jerry on "Newsmakers" to lay bare stories...

On Tuesday, as Santa Barbara staggered from the death and devastation of yet another natural disaster, the city’s seventh poet laureate...

The inaugural meeting of Santa Barbara's new City Council included a bit of celebration, some bittersweet farewells and a modest victory...