Newsmakers with JRDec 4, 20173 Key Questions About Filling Cathy's SeatSanta Barbara is poised for a political – and possibly a legal – scuffle over the ways and means of filling the District 3 city council...
By Laura CappsDec 3, 2017Campaign '18: Gov Wannabes Woo EducatorsThe six major candidates to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown made political pitches to several thousand elected school board members in San Diego...
Newsmakers with JRDec 2, 2017This Just In: Newsmakers TV is Back!Now playing: The All-Star Lineup is back with a new episode of Newsmakers TV as Kelsey Brugger, Laura Capps, Josh Molina and Nick Welsh...
Newsmakers with JRNov 29, 2017Press Clips: How the Post Stung a StingerThe Oxford dictionary defines a “newsmaker” as a “newsworthy person or event.” At "Newsmakers," however, especially on our TV show, that...
Newsmakers with JRNov 28, 2017By the Numbers: Fast Updates on Key StoriesFor those still emerging from holiday-related Tryptophan Stupor Syndrome, here is the latest Newsmakers Index of all you need to know...
By Jerry RobertsNov 26, 2017The Annals of Journalism: A Remarkable Tale In Commemoration of the JFK AssassinationEditor's note: Amid much iconic, on-scene journalism covering the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its murderous aftermath...
Newsmakers with JRNov 23, 2017Holiday Thanks from Newsmakers' TurkeysThe record will show that it is a 19th century magazine editor named Sarah Josepha Hale who deserves the preponderance of credit for...
By Melinda BurnsNov 22, 2017In SB, Trump's Harsh Immigration Crackdown Fuels a Surprising New Citizenship DriveJosefina Valdez and her late husband emigrated to the Santa Ynez Valley from Mexico in the 1980s. For more than two decades, they worked...
Newsmakers with JRNov 21, 2017Three Takeaways on District 2 State of PlayGadzooks - There are fewer than 200 shopping days left before the June 5, 2018 primary, and Newsmakers has a vast political landscape to...
Newsmakers with JRNov 16, 2017Janet Calling It Quits - Kudos New GrandmaIt’s a strange but true feature of the political beat that reporters tend to get on hot streaks, just like ballplayers, and right now...
Newsmakers with JRNov 11, 2017Shock Video: IV Landlord's Homophobic RantICYMI: Over at independent.com, Kelsey Brugger has posted a stunning, and sickening, story recounting how IV landlord James Gelb unloosed...
Newsmakers with JRNov 11, 2017Newsmakers panel dissects election resultsThe post election post mortem show is now ready on our youtube channel and below. Jerry and the gang get into the weeds on the mayoral...
Newsmakers with JRNov 10, 2017New Stats, New Turnout, New ShowSarah Gorman, City Clerk Services Manager, has just released new numbers in the vote count (Friday, Nov. 10) and, although the numbers...
Newsmakers with JRNov 8, 2017Winners & Losers: Why Not a Run-Off in '21?No knock on Mayor-elect Cathy, and mega-kudos to her for the win, but let’s be blunt: Murillo is now the one and only Santa Barbara...
Newsmakers with JRNov 8, 2017The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of DefeatMega-kudos to the winners and mondo condolences to the losers in Tuesday's election which. at this rate, the city has at least a 50-50-...
Newsmakers with JRNov 7, 2017The Most Important Election Returns NumberA survey of strategists working on the Santa Barbara’s mayor’s race reveals near-unanimity of judgment about what it will take to win in...
Newsmakers with JRNov 6, 2017Why the Three Libs Didn't Cut a DealOn the evening of Oct. 4, one of the 200 liberal environmentalists who packed the Santa Barbara Women’s Club to see the candidates for...
Newsmakers with JRNov 5, 2017Voter's Guide to Candidates' Thought BalloonsSince Labor Day, the five candidates for mayor have recited their sound bites and stock lines about the reasons they’re running a...
Newsmakers with JRNov 4, 2017New Show: Politics, Politics, PoliticsLaura, Dale, Kelsey, Josh and Jerry chop it up over sneak attack ads, out of town consultants, dark money, the horse race, endorsements,...
Newsmakers with JRNov 4, 2017Inside New Citywide & District Ballot ReturnsIf not another ballot is received, voter turnout in the Nov. 7 election would be 27 percent, Sarah Gorman, City Clerk Services Manager,...