SB Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez is "a little shocked" by efforts of Black Lives Matter to "defund" the police department, he said on...

In 2015, President Obama’s “Task Force on 21st Century Policing” released a comprehensive study that recommended a sweeping set of best...

Delaney Smith and Josh Molina join Jerry to discuss and deconstruct the fall-out and impact from yet another astonishing news week in...

Pointing to "two systems of justice," California's Kamala Harris assailed the Bureau of Prisons for racially skewed policies this week,...

Joe Biden addressed the three crises facing America - the pandemic, the economic depression and the racism ripping apart the social...

(Latest from Melinda Burns: Her complete report on the latest skirmish in Santa Barbara County's land use wars over cannabis...

Delaney Smith, Josh Molina and Nick Welsh join Jerry for Friday's that-was-the-week-that-was Newsmakers TV conversation, featuring the...

(Melinda Burns today takes a deep and detailed dive into the policies, politics and people in the middle of Santa Barbara County's...

The current pandemic contingency plan for the Santa Barbara Unified School District foresees a mid-August "hybrid" reopening of schools,...

Santa Barbara's school board on Tuesday night unanimously selected Hilda Maldonado, a top Los Angeles school administrator whose...

At tonight's virtual meeting, Santa Barbara's school board plans to announce their selection of a new superintendent, who will guide the...

Nick Welsh, Delaney Smith and Josh Molina join Jerry for an around-the-horn week-in-review session, breaking down all the latest as Santa...

"New Economic Development Manager Walks into Santa Barbara Chaos." That was the headline on a profile of Jason Harris, by Josh Molina,...

In 2018, Jerry Brown unveiled his final budget as governor with some words of counsel for his successor. “What’s out there is darkness,...

Dr. Raul Ramirez, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education for the Santa Barbara Unified School District, will leave his job at...

H.D. Palmer has labored and lived through a lot of state budget crises under a lot of California governors. He was there when Gov. Pete...

Few, if any, are as steeped in the history, growth and design of Santa Barbara as Sheila Lodge, the longest-serving mayor in city...

The county’s just-released, 80-page strategic plan for re-opening from the pandemic shutdown touches on virtually every aspect of...

On March 5, Delaney Smith, Josh Molina and Nick Welsh joined Mr. Cranky Pants for a special post-election edition of “Newsmakers TV.” ...

Matt Kettmann, Santa Barbara's most respected food and wine writer, has transformed his beat amid the coronavirus to cover the brutal...