To the surprise of no one, ex-congress member Lois Capps, joined by daughter Laura, formally endorsed Hal Conklin for mayor Sunday,...

Weekly awards. Kudos to Jay Higgins, Jim Scafide and Kristen Sneddon, the trio of high-quality candidates competing for city council in...

Bendy White is up with a new, 30-second spot that positions him as the historic heir to Santa Barbara’s environmental stewardship, a...

A feminist prelude. There are two critical points worth noting within the 201 words of Section 504 of Santa Barbara’s City Charter, which...

Seven of the eight candidates running for new district seats on the Santa Barbara City Council have accepted invites for face-to-face...

Willie Brown, California’s iconic guru of gut-punch politics, always drills candidates on the first rule of campaigning: Never forget to...

A few weeks ago, Hal Conklin’s mayoral campaign heralded endorsements from several dozen Christian “faith leaders and members.” The press...

The coolest online tool of political reporting to appear, in at least the last two or three days: an L.A. Times feature launched this...

Bendy White noted a key political fact the other day that’s crucial to remember amid Santa Barbara’s roiling debate over housing. “This...

Kelsey Brugger, burgeoning star reporter and national affairs correspondent for the Independent, has a new post up on their website...

Josh thinks Cathy is a clear front-runner in the mayor’s race, while Tyler says Angel is rising and Jerry warns not to overlook the old...

Mayoral candidate Angel Martinez has given up his post as Chairman of the Board of Goleta-based Deckers Outdoor Corp., the candidate...

Politicians, educators and decent people in Santa Barbara, throughout California and the nation are scrambling to craft political and...

Angel Martinez, whose biggest political problem is letting voters know he exists, is first off the line with 30-second spots in the...

At first glance, a Republican has exactly two chances of capturing the top job at Santa Barbara City Hall: minuscule and microscopic. The...

As Santa Barbara voters in 2017 confront the most wide-open and consequential mayor’s race in years, there’s just one big hitch: “Two...