Newsmakers with JR
TV Panel: Women Struggle, Amazon Attacks
The Newsmakers TV panel is back, with Josh, Kathryn, Laura and Nick diving into a couple of big local scoops, plus two big stories about...
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Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 2, 2018
Gov's Mixed Message on Landmark HBJ Bill
When he signs a bill, Jerry Brown often writes a characteristically thoughtful, if unconventional, statement to explain his thinking. The...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 1, 2018
Ford, Alvarado 1-2 in Cash as Two Dems Trail
With more than $20,000 cash on hand, Kate Ford is leading the fundraising race in the campaign for SB school board, according to new...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 29, 2018
TV: Latest on Council Follies & SBUSD Race
The Newsmakers TV panel is back with behind-the-scenes stuff about the latest dust-up at the SB City Council, as Josh Molina explains...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 27, 2018
TV Excloo: Das Aide Tests SBCC Incumbent
An intriguing and competitive campaign is quietly being waged over a city-based district seat on the Santa Barbara City College board,...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 24, 2018
SB Authors: Lois Capps on Faith and Politics
In her new memoir, Lois Capps has achieved a remarkable feat for American political literature in this grim era: the words “Donald Trump”...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 24, 2018
Op-Ed: Monique's Takeaway on Climate Meet
It was a privilege to be among California environmental leaders at Governor Brown's recent Global Climate Action Summit, uniting for the...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 21, 2018
Live from SB! It's the School Board 8 (or 7)
One “B,” one “C,” one “Incomplete” and one “Standard Not Met.” Those are the grades assigned to SB Unified School District Superintendent...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 20, 2018
Newsmakers TV Nabs School Board Hopefuls
Newsmaker's vast Department of Multi-Platform Media and Impoverished Public Access TV fully deployed on Wednesday night to produce the...
By Jerry Roberts
- Sep 17, 2018
Why Feinstein Kept Sex Assault Letter Secret
Four days before sending the FBI a confidential and anonymous #MeToo letter that has roiled the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 14, 2018
TV is Back! Plastic Straws & Pipeline Spills Meet State Street Blues & Climate Change
Tanned, rested and heady, the denizens of Newsmakers TV returned to the city desk on Thursday for our new (4th!) fall season, offering...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 13, 2018
Why Hannah-Beth is Getting National Notice
Pumped from Pilates class, Hannah-Beth Jackson showed up for a coffee date on Coast Village Road sporting a tan shirt that read “Well...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 10, 2018
Feinstein Rips Court Pick & "Oligarch" Trump
In Santa Barbara on Sunday, Senator Dianne Feinstein warned that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s legal beliefs could shield...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 6, 2018
Two Slates and Four Wild Card Candidates Shape SB's Wide-Open School Board Race
(Updated) In 2016, exactly three candidates -- 3, count 'em, 3 -signed up to run for three open seats on the Santa Barbara Unified School...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 30, 2018
Tuck Runs as Reformer for Top State Ed Job
Six months ago, Marshall Tuck was booed off the stage at the California Democratic Party convention. “I go onstage, and I didn’t get a...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 29, 2018
5 Strategies for Key Vote in Indy's "Best Of"
Deadline fast approaches to cast your votes in the Independent’s “Best of Santa Barbara 2018 Readers Poll." Your participation can help...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 28, 2018
Hollister Update: Elephant Delivers a Mouse
No news was good news for environmentalists in Santa Barbara Superior Court on Monday, as they encountered no opposition to their bid to...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 25, 2018
Shocker: Enviros Allowed into Hollister Case
Judge Colleen Sterne handed local environmental groups a major win on Friday, granting them legal standing to challenge a controversial,...
By Melinda Burns
- Aug 17, 2018
Conflict Over Strategy for SB's Next Big Fire
Every major block of native chaparral on the South Coast mountainside has burned in this century, with three exceptions: The Gaviota...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 13, 2018
Steep Poverty: The Shame of Santa Barbara
Five years ago, the Board of Supervisors rolled out a study that showed the widespread extent of poverty in Santa Barbara County,...
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