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...
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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,...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 3, 2018
HBJ, Monique Erupt on Cascarone Crackdown
Santa Barbara’s Sacramento lawmakers demanded answers and chewed out bureaucrats on Friday, after state tax agents swept down State...
By Melinda Burns
- Aug 1, 2018
La Casa de Maria Is Healing Post-Disaster
It has been called the soul of Montecito – a healing place amid the oak woodlands of San Ysidro Creek, where people of all faiths could...
Newsmakers with JR
- Aug 1, 2018
Ballot Prop Scorecard: Gas Tax Repeal Is Key
The late, great Hiram Johnson is best known as the California governor who brought forth the state’s renowned system of ballot...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 30, 2018
State Party's Loser Pick Shocks Many Dems
In the June 5 primary, Senator Dianne Feinstein stomped Democratic rival and state Senator Kevin de León amid a 35-candidate field, 44 to...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 24, 2018
Breaking: Deadline Bid to Block Hollister Deal
A coalition of environmental groups filed court papers on Monday in an 11th hour effort to overturn a controversial legal settlement that...
By Melinda Burns
- Jul 18, 2018
FEMA Tunes Out Ire over Montecito Flood Map
As most of the South Coast braces for the next fire, Montecito is focused on the next flood. An advisory flood map released in June by...
By Melinda Burns
- Jul 16, 2018
Fire Chief: SB Needs a "Big Ass" Fuel Break
When the weather cooled down last week, offering relief from record 100-degree heat, County Fire Chief Eric Peterson hiked into the...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jul 1, 2018
S.B. Marchers Join National Show of Outrage
About 1,500 people staged a somber march through downtown Santa Barbara on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands across the nation also...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jun 28, 2018
Last Chance to Protest Cozy Hollister Deal
A deadline looms to express opposition and outrage over a settlement state lawyers have quietly negotiated to allow wealthy landowners to...
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