Gavin Newsom won early praise for aggressive action to curtail the rapid spread of Covid-19 in California -- but now is struggling...

Delaney Smith possesses all the natural traits needed to succeed as a reporter -- she's sharp, smart, skeptical, driven, persistent and...

So politically polarized is America amid the coronavirus pandemic that the choice to don or shun a mask in public has become an urgent...

Santa Barbara’s County Courthouse may someday reclaim its stature as an enticing and iconic attraction for bridal parties and tourists,...

Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley checked in via iPad from an undisclosed location near the beach on Tuesday, to talk...

The website for the company owned and operated by Santa Barbara developer Ed St. George describes his firm this way: "St. George and...

Few had heard of the coronavirus last winter, when SB newshound Josh Molina began doing interviews for a new podcast focused on local...

For Thomas Tighe, the first sign of the unprecedented scope of the coronavirus pandemic came in the third week of January, when the...

Not since Hercules hit the Augean stables has one man faced such a catastrophic clean-up job as City Administrator Paul Casey, who's...

(Reported and written by Melinda Burns, this story is the latest in her ongoing coverage of the ongoing conflict over cannabis...

Freshman City Council member Alejandra Gutierrez, new to politics and only three months into the job, describes herself as "very shy" --...

Around 5 a.m. most days, Police Chief Lori Luhnow hauls an old set of weights out of her garage onto her driveway, then pumps iron to get...

Thanks to Lisa Osborn, the eminent audio maven and good friend of Newsmakers, our Department of Ship-to-Shore Technology and Geriatric...

The abrupt shutdown of public school classrooms and sudden switch to remote learning will have educational consequences for students --...

Hours after his arrival back in Washington, Rep. Salud Carbajal checked in with Newsmakers with an update on the $484 billion pandemic...

Amid an outbreak of political hostilities at City Hall, SB Councilmember Meagan Harmon tells Newsmakers that the harsh challenges of the...

(Today's coverage of Santa Barbara County's ongoing controversy over cannabis cultivation is reported and written by Melinda Burns). The...

Newsmakers just checked in with SB journalist Josh Molina, to talk about two scoopy stories he posted on Tuesday over at Noozhawk: One...

Amid the economic crisis triggered by COVID-19, Assemblymember Monique Limon says that the most urgent concerns she is hearing from...

This week, we'll interview five prominent local newsmakers about the coronavirus, an influential lineup of policy, politics and media...