With just 98 shopping days left until Santa Barbara's high-stakes Nov. 3 city election - and only 49 before the suddenly kinetic Sept. 14...

(Editor's note: On Wednesday night, hundreds of Hal Conklin's closest friends joined family members on the steps of the Old Mission Santa...

A secret personnel investigation, focused on allegations of religious persecution and church-state violations, shook up City Hall this...

Developer and District 4 challenger Barrett Reed this week skewered incumbent City Council rival Kristen Sneddon as vacillating and...

Last month, Google reported more online searches of the phrase "critical race theory" than of "Joe Biden," the President of the United...

Leaving on his own terms, City Administrator Paul Casey announced his surprise resignation on Friday, following an annus horribilis of...

Mark Z. Barabak, an anomalous name familiar to political junkies throughout the nation, has covered 11 presidential elections and...

An only-in-Santa Barbara battle of billionaires pitted Beanie Baby titan Ty Warner against subprime mortgage rogue Angelo Mozilo this...

One year ago, the Santa Barbara's Grand Jury delivered a searing report that savaged the Board of Supervisors for providing "unfettered...

By Melinda Burns In the wake of a court order, the County Executive Office is releasing the applications and scoresheets of the teams...

In a national moment of intense focus on racism and equity, a new report to the Board of Supervisors shows stark variances in the...

On Joe Holland's office wall hangs a framed copy of the 2003 recall ballot that ousted Governor Gray Davis - including the names of...

By Melinda Burns On a 4-1 vote the Board of Supervisors this week approved a zoning permit for SFS Farms, 87 acres of outdoor cannabis...

In a special Press Clips edition of Newsmakers TV, Noozhawk political writer Josh Molina joins the host for an all-politics-all-the-time...

By Melinda Burns A grower’s proposal to build the most airtight cannabis processing warehouse in the Carpinteria Valley has exposed a...

(Editor's note: The long-running civic debate over the fate of the historic Mission Creek Bridge has resurfaced, with the...

In a political fusion of "Survivor" and "The Price is Right," members of the Santa Barbara City Council this week produced a dramatic...

Topic A on Newsmakers TV this week is Josh Molina's scoop about a bombshell lawsuit filed by a City Hall budget executive, alleging a...

Although the Loma Fire allegedly was ignited by a lone arsonist, the frightening speed with which it tore up TV Hill near Westside...

Since March 13, 2020, when public health officials reported the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Santa Barbara, Giana Magnoli has...