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TV Elxn Post Mortem: Nick, Josh, Laura & Dale
Newsmakers TV is back with a special election post-mortem show, as Nick Welsh and Josh Molina dissect the local campaigns they covered...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 10, 2018


The 7 Biggest Surprises of Election Night
Santa Barbara voters performed their civic duty in spades on Tuesday, casting ballots in record numbers for a mid-term election, as they...

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Nov 8, 2018


4 SBUSD Trustees Share Brown Act Breakfast
Around 6:45 this morning, four of five members of Santa Barbara’s school board were photographed together at a cozy Cajun Kitchen...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 6, 2018


8 Key Questions about Today's Election
With the fate of the Republic at stake, not to mention control of the Santa Barbara school board, voters on Tuesday will help provide...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 6, 2018


TV: Breaking Down Next Tuesday's Election
On a special pre-election edition of Newsmakers TV, Nick and Josh join Jerry to dissect, deconstruct and mansplain all the key and...

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 2, 2018


Campaign Notebook: CAUSE Cries "Foul"
Community hero Frank Rodriguez, speaking for Latino advocacy group CAUSE, emails to ask we set the record precisely straight on the...

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Nov 2, 2018


Staring into the Abyss: Key Cal. House Races
If Democrats fail to win control of the House of Representatives on November 6, two things are certain: 1) Donald Trump will take credit....

Newsmakers with JR
Nov 1, 2018


Harsh Online Video Roils School Board Race
A negative social media video, produced and posted by a key group backing Ismael Ulloa and Rose Munoz, has introduced a sudden note of...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 31, 2018


New SBUSD Numbers & SBCC Update
More than 16,000 voters have cast ballots within the Santa Barbara Unified School District so far, and by the look of things, not too...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 30, 2018


SBUSD Race: Sex, Bias, Prayer & Deals
In their most spirited exchange of the campaign, Santa Barbara school board candidates on Wednesday night uncorked simmering resentments...

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Oct 25, 2018


School Board Race: Headed for Big Turnout
More than 12,000 mail-in ballots cast in the race for Santa Barbara school board already have been returned to election officials –...

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Oct 25, 2018


Montecito Smackdown: Big Bucks & Water
In an extraordinary $120,000 campaign, a slate of five candidates is wielding free-swinging fierce attacks against incumbents in a bid...
By Melinda Burns
Oct 23, 2018


Das: Won't Run for Senate if Monique Does
Supervisor Das Williams says he hasn’t made a final decision on whether to seek Hannah Beth Jackson’s termed-out state Senate seat in...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 22, 2018


KEYT Live: Salud vs. Justin, The Sequel
At 7 p.m. on Sunday night, Santa Barbara TV fans have dozens of great viewing choices: "Ancient Aliens," "Evil Lives Here" and “The...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 21, 2018


TV: Gregg Fluffs Unions on Way Out the Door
Indy staff reporter Blanca Garcia breaches the panel patriarchy on a new edition of Newsmakers TV, joining Josh Molina, Nick Welsh, Dale...

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Oct 19, 2018


Katie Hill: Face of Dems' Bid to Win House
Last week, nearly 100 people packed a Hope Ranch living room to hear Katie Hill, a 31-year-old first-time Democratic candidate in one of...

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Oct 19, 2018


SB School Board Hopefuls Face Key Forums
“God made idiots for practice,” Mark Twain famously said, “and then he made the school board.” We hasten to add, of course, that...

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Oct 17, 2018


Reprise: A Voter's Guide to State Ballot Props
(Editor's note: For reasons that remain mysterious even to ourselves, we first ran this primer on the 11 initiatives on the Nov. 6 ballot...

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Oct 17, 2018


Darcel Laps the Field in SBCC Fundraising
Darcel Elliott, top aide to Supervisor Das Williams, is clobbering rival Marsha Croninger in campaign fundraising, raising more in her...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 16, 2018


SMHS Principal Reports Graffiti Threat (Update)
(Update 10-16 5:30 pm). Richard Rundhaug, acting principal of San Marcos High School, informed parents this afternoon that the graffiti...

Newsmakers with JR
Oct 16, 2018
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