Newsmakers with JR
TV Panel: Mayor Cathy's Reign of Error?
"Unlike any meeting I've seen in 15 years of covering the council," is how Josh Molina characterizes the latest spectacle at City Hall,...
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Newsmakers with JR
Feb 9, 2018
TV: Eyewitness Images Tell Disaster Story
When the Thomas Fire broke out last Dec. 4, Mike Eliason was teaching a community class on disaster preparedness. By the afternoon of...
Newsmakers with JR
Feb 7, 2018
Why Snub of Susan is a Bad Look for Dems
Days after Gregg Hart won the Democrat’s endorsement for 2nd District Supervisor, some women activists remain perturbed by the process,...
Newsmakers with JR
Feb 3, 2018
Inside Baseball: How Dem Deal Went Down
Special to political junkies, here are five takeaways on Gregg Hart winning the key Democratic Party endorsement Thursday night over...
Newsmakers with JR
Feb 2, 2018
Breaking: Hart Bags Key Dem Endorsement
Gail Teton-Landis just confirmed that Gregg Hart won the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party’s endorsement over Susan Epstein in the...
By Melinda Burns
Feb 1, 2018
Disease Worries Prompt DNA Tests of Mud
UPDATE Feb. 9: Initial DNA testing of bacteria in the mud and the surf zone at Goleta Beach, where the county is dumping mud from the...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 31, 2018
Undeclared (Wink, Wink) Hart Seeks Dem Nod
Extra, Extra! Councilman Gregg Hart hasn’t publicly announced he’s running for 2nd District supervisor yet, but just set up a campaign...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 31, 2018
The Most Astute State of the Union Analyses Were Written Before Trump Gave the Speech
Newsmakers will return to regular (local) programming shortly, but having raised the subject of the State of the Union, we first feel...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 30, 2018
State of the Union: Alternative Viewers' Guide
In a few hours, the 46 percent 45th President of the United States is scheduled to deliver the (heaven help us) State of the Union...
By Jana Zimmer
Jan 29, 2018
SB Authors: Jana Z. on Coastal Protection
(Editor's note: Environmental advocate and attorney Jana Zimmer is out with a well-timed new book that breaks down the complex legal,...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 26, 2018
New TV: Were Evac Warnings Miscalculated?
A new edition of Newsmakers TV is now online, highlighting the work of two reporters who are making news with their coverage of the...
By Melinda Burns
Jan 25, 2018
Inside the Montecito Catastrophe Cleanup: "It's Indescribable What Happened Out There"
A whiff of charred wood comes off the black mud that is being dumped daily into the ocean at Goleta Beach County Park, part of the...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 24, 2018
Shocker: Council Votes for a Special Election
The City Council voted late Tuesday night to hold a special election in June to determine the successor to Mayor Cathy Murillo in the...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 23, 2018
Special Election Showdown: 5 Key Questions
Under Santa Barbara’s Charter, the city council has until Feb. 8 to fill the former seat of new Mayor Cathy Murillo. By the time Tuesday...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 21, 2018
SB Women's (Non) March Takes a Left Turn
About 2,000 people gathered in De La Guerra Plaza Saturday to celebrate the second annual Women’s March, an event whose tone and themes...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 19, 2018
Remarkable Video from Inside Disaster Zone
Long before Mike Eliason became the most conscientious and helpful Public Information Officer in the history of government flacks, he was...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 18, 2018
Just In: Janet Endorses Susan E. for Supe
Outgoing Supervisor Janet Wolf on Thursday endorsed Susan Epstein to succeed her in the 2nd District, casting her decision in part on the...
By Melinda Burns
Jan 16, 2018
When It Rains Again: Science of a Disaster
The surging river of mud and boulders that engulfed swaths of Montecito from the mountains to the sea last week, killing 20, was a rare...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 13, 2018
New TV: Repercussions of the Deadly Slide
In a sad and somber start to our winter season, Kelsey Brugger, Laura Capps and Nick Welsh join Jerry on "Newsmakers" to lay bare stories...
Newsmakers with JR
Jan 11, 2018
Poet Laureate: "Pay Good Fortune Forward"
On Tuesday, as Santa Barbara staggered from the death and devastation of yet another natural disaster, the city’s seventh poet laureate...
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