Newsmakers with JR
Press Clips: A Look Behind the Scenes of Broadcast, as KCSB Celebrates 60 Years on the Air
It was a UCSB undergrad named Bill Harrison who launched KCSB-FM in 1962, a five-watt operation broadcast from his room in the Anacapa...
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Newsmakers with JR
- Feb 10
Despite Odor Control Promises, Pot Critics Vow to Appeal Approvals for Well-Connected Carp Growers
By Melinda Burns The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission this month unanimously approved one of the largest and smelliest cannabis...
Newsmakers with JR
- Feb 5
Panel: New Tenant-Landlord Clashes Emerge as Council Eyes Rent Control; Can Capps Clear the Field?
Conflict between renters and landlords over economics and health and safety issues in Santa Barbara's tight housing market was Topic A on...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 29
Harbor Board Pushes for Early Cruise Ship Returns - Seriously? City Hall, Politics, RIP Gary Hart
The Omicron variant has triggered the highest case loads of the pandemic in Santa Barbara County, even as public health leaders suggest...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 27
As Growers Withdraw Buellton Pot Project Planners Bemoan "Original Sin" of County Ordinance
By Melinda Burns In a surprise move, the owners of El Dorado Farms on Highway 246 west of Buellton recently withdrew their proposal for...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 22
Covid Spike Sparks Nursing Shortage - and Strikes Our TV Panel; Alzheimer's Mess, City Hall, Elxn
In the most heroic act of journalism since George Smalley's horse took a bullet at Antietam, Nick Welsh showed up for duty on Newsmakers...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 15
How Gregg's Assembly Move Scrambles SB Politics - Plus: Omicron Tests Schools, Jail & Supes
The news that Supervisor Gregg Hart is running for Santa Barbara's newly-drawn 37th state Assembly District sets off a cascade of...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 8
Panel: Wallabies, Kangaroos and YouTubers, Oh My! Plus: Covid Strikes SB Schools
Starting 2022 on a decidedly strange note, the Newsmakers TV gang roamed to the furthest reaches of Santa Barbara's local news landscape...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 7
County Schools Supe: Untangling the Confusion Over Covid Tests, Boosters and Safety for Kids
By Susan Salcido As schools across Santa Barbara County reopen following the winter break and prepare for a successful return, I wanted...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 6
Op-Ed: Why California's New Law Reducing Organic Waste Is Crucial to Combatting Climate Change
By Pedro Nava January 1 wasn’t just the beginning of a new year. It was also the start of California’s ambitious new effort to combat...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 31, 2021
Bye-Bye 2021: Randy, Barney and Meagan's New Kid Headline Newsmakers' Year-End Show
In a momentous homage to Dick Clark, the Newsmakers TV gang produced their own version of New Year's Rockin' Eve on Friday, as our...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 18, 2021
Panel: From Barney's Plea for Cops to Das's Self-Own on Pot -- Plus Housing, Homeless, Pensions
Santa Barbara's biggest self-own of 2021 belongs to Das Williams and his pro-pot brethren on the Board of Supervisors, who heard bad news...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 13, 2021
Op-Ed: Why Santa Barbara County Is in Store for Far-Reaching Political Transformation
By Lanny Ebenstein Santa Barbara County is in the midst of a political revolution. The all-but-certain approval of the recent redrawing...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 12, 2021
Op-Ed: With His New Book, Governor Newsom Hits a Home Run as a Dyslexia Advocate
By Cheri Rae and Monie de Wit When it was announced back in 2019 that Governor Gavin Newsom was in negotiations to write a children's...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 11, 2021
Panel: Cathy Throws a Hail Mary on Rent Control as Kristen Wins on Lot Splits & Tiny Homes Advance
In a new, mansplaining edition, the Newsmakers TV panel dissects all the latest developments in the city and county's efforts to address...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 4, 2021
Panel: "Dormzilla" Vets Speak; Pickle Ball Wars Hit Goleta; SBTA Chief Lauds Hilda; Han Trial Wraps
With the city election in the rear view mirror, Newsmakers TV returns this week with a collection of only-in-Santa Barbara stories that...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 27, 2021
"Santa Barbara and Beyond": Mike Eliason's Spectacular New Photography Book Has Landed
“I don’t have the patience to fish," says Mike Eliason, "but I can sit for 90 minutes waiting for the light to be right.” Eliason, one of...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 20, 2021
Panel: State St. Committee Takes the Slow Road - Plus Kristen vs. Barrett, Teachers Union vs. Hilda
Fifty years ago this month, a first-term member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors named Dianne Feinstein suffered a humiliating...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 18, 2021
Op-Ed: How and Why D.C. and Sacto District Maps Are Changing -- and What it Means Politically
By Lanny Ebenstein The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission has just released preliminary maps for Congressional, State...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 12, 2021
Press Clips: Tyler's Hot Streak of Scoops - Dormzilla, Bellosguardo, SBCSD's Vaccine Scofflaws
Joseph Pulitzer famously defined "news" as "that which is apt to be talked about." - and by that measure Tyler Hayden in recent weeks has...