A Look Inside the Montecito Disaster Probe
Tom Dunne has tramped all over the enormous debris flows, dozens of miles long, that were triggered in May, 1980, during a volcanic...
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Newsmakers with JR
- May 27, 2018
New SMHS Principal: I Know What I'm In For
Richard Rundhaug, the just-hired interim principal of San Marcos High, said in an interview that he is well informed about the quagmire...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 22, 2018
Subs & Substance: Debate Behind-the-Scenes
Last Saturday night, pre-gaming for KEYT-TV’s congressional debate began at 6:30 p.m. Three miles across town, thousands of Katy Perry...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 20, 2018
24th CD TV Debate Faces Off with Katy Perry
II is far-fetched to imagine, but there may be a reader, perhaps even two, who inexplicably chose to check out Katy Perry’s big Montecito...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 19, 2018
KEYT Congressional Debate Airs Live Tonight
Newsmakers will pitch in on the journalist’s panel that will question the three candidates in the primary race for the 24th Congressional...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 19, 2018
EPA Chief: Stoker's Our Guy - Mike Speaks
Scott Pruitt, the embattled Administrator of the EPA, on Friday formally named ex-Santa Barbara County supervisor Mike Stoker to head the...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 18, 2018
Newsmakers TV: All the News that Fits
Noozhawk Managing Editor Giana Magnoli joins the panel this week, reporting on the opening of the criminal trial against Plains Oil,...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 18, 2018
LAT: Stoker Refusing to Move for EPA Gig ---- Dale Works Behind the Scenes Against Mike
Those who've wondered what's delaying the Trump Administration from announcing the appointment of Mike Stoker to the powerful post of...
By Melinda Burns
- May 17, 2018
Montecito: Supes OK Fast-Track Rebuilds
The county Board of Supervisors this week cleared away the red tape for Montecito property owners who want to rebuild what they lost in...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 17, 2018
Oops: Oscar Misspells Own Name on Mailer
Thanks to the customary incompetence of Cox Cable, the Oscar Gutierrez campaign delivered a mailer to Westside voters on Wednesday that...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 16, 2018
Council Yields on Key District Elxns Demand
Not since Jimmy Dean first shoved pork into plastic casings has there been such a spectacle of sausage-making as the City Council...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 14, 2018
City Hall Aims at District Elections. Again.
SB's City Council is poised to undercut neighborhood voters on Tuesday, when they consider a proposed charter change that would consign...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 11, 2018
Trump Effect: Nazi Leads GOP Senate Field
There was at least one thing that delegates to last weekend’s California Republican Party convention agreed upon: Endorsing a neo-Nazi as...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 10, 2018
Scoop: Keith Hamm on San Marcos Threats
Press clips: In the just-out edition of the Indy, staff writer Keith Hamm breaks news in reporting the latest fall-out from the online...
By Melinda Burns
- May 10, 2018
A Case Study of Rebuilding at Ground Zero
Mary Beth Myers wanted to spend the night of Jan. 8 at her old cottage on the banks of Montecito Creek, just below the bridge at East...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 4, 2018
Newsmakers TV Excloo: The District 3 Rivals Air Key Differences in Special Election Race
Key differences emerged among the four candidates for City Council in Santa Barbara’s Westside District during a one-hour Newsmakers TV...
By Frank Ochoa
- May 4, 2018
Op-Ed: Only Voters Should Create Incumbency
Santa Barbara’s governing document, its Charter, is at a crossroads. The City Council is considering options for ballot measures to be...
Newsmakers with JR
- May 2, 2018
Kelsey Scoop: Stoker Headed for Big EPA Job
It didn’t take long for home girl Kelsey Brugger to start breaking news in her brand-new Beltway gig: Days after arriving in Our Nation’s...
Newsmakers with JR
- Apr 27, 2018
New TV: Cops, Kids, Pols and Trolls
Edhat owner and publisher Lauren Bray joins the panel in the latest episode of “Newsmakers TV,” offering some up-close-and-personal...
Newsmakers with JR
- Apr 26, 2018
District 3 Campaign Forum: 6 Key Takeaways
It was SRO in the Harding Elementary School library on Wednesday night, as 80 Westside residents leaned against bookshelves or sat in...