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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Jan 10, 2018
Killer Storm Overshadows Politics at Council
The inaugural meeting of Santa Barbara's new City Council included a bit of celebration, some bittersweet farewells and a modest victory...
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Jan 9, 2018
Our View: The Case for a Special in District 3
There is no item on Tuesday’s City Council agenda that provides a procedural opening to derail the ram-it-through effort by outgoing...
By Jay Higgins
Jan 7, 2018
Op-Ed: A Key Planner's View of Target Plan
Last week’s announcement that Target plans to site a small store at the Galleria is being widely celebrated as a great coup for Santa...
By Melinda Burns
Jan 4, 2018
Special Report: Housing the Homeless in S.B.
It’s a New Year and a new life for Gigi Schneider, one of six people chosen in 2017 to move into El Carrillo, the only apartment complex...
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Jan 4, 2018
Pigs Fly: Target Finally Coming to S.B.
Not since Prada arrived in Paris has there been a civic retail event as momentous as Target’s just-announced plan to open a store in...
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Dec 30, 2017
Special Election Backers Press 2-Track Strategy
Santa Barbara’s first big political issue of 2018 already has emerged, hours before Chronos orders global IT to run the annual calendar...
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Dec 17, 2017
7 Questions with Fire Chief Pat McElroy
Santa Barbara Fire Chief Pat McElroy announced his retirement on Monday, Dec. 4, a few hours before the deadly and voracious Thomas Fire...
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Dec 4, 2017
3 Key Questions About Filling Cathy's Seat
Santa Barbara is poised for a political – and possibly a legal – scuffle over the ways and means of filling the District 3 city council...
By Laura Capps
Dec 3, 2017
Campaign '18: Gov Wannabes Woo Educators
The six major candidates to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown made political pitches to several thousand elected school board members in San Diego...
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Dec 2, 2017
This Just In: Newsmakers TV is Back!
Now playing: The All-Star Lineup is back with a new episode of Newsmakers TV as Kelsey Brugger, Laura Capps, Josh Molina and Nick Welsh...
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Nov 29, 2017
Press Clips: How the Post Stung a Stinger
The Oxford dictionary defines a “newsmaker” as a “newsworthy person or event.” At "Newsmakers," however, especially on our TV show, that...
Newsmakers with JR
Nov 28, 2017
By the Numbers: Fast Updates on Key Stories
For those still emerging from holiday-related Tryptophan Stupor Syndrome, here is the latest Newsmakers Index of all you need to know...
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