Newsmakers with JR
New Show Posted: Dale, Josh, Kelsey & Nick
Ex-councilman Dale Francisco enlivens the latest episode of "Newsmakers," featuring local journalists Kelsey Brugger, Josh Molina and...
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Newsmakers with JR
Oct 21, 2017
Cathy Leaves the Door Ajar for Rent Control
Cathy Murillo said at a mayoral debate Friday that “rent control is coming” to Santa Barbara in the form of a future ballot measure,...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 20, 2017
KEYT Will Host Campaign Capper TV Debate
Save the date: Nine days before the election, KEYT-TV will host the one and only, live televised debate among the five candidates for...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 18, 2017
Round 3: Campaign Winners and Losers
It’s a basic rule in the Old Guys Official Handbook of Political Reporting: In assessing the debate performance of any candidate, always...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 17, 2017
Live Tweeting the Indy/KCRW Mayoral Debate
Update 10:15 p.m. Full Winners and Losers report card piece will post on Wednesday. Meanwhile a couple of quick takeaways from the...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 16, 2017
Indy/KCRW/SBCC Debate Keys Big Week
Three weeks before the election, the five candidates for mayor face an enervating gauntlet of public forums and debates this week, with...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 15, 2017
Breaking: HBJ Backs Feinstein Foe in Primary
Hannah Beth Jackson, Santa Barbara's state senator, told Newsmakers Sunday that she supports state Senate President Kevin de Leon in his...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 13, 2017
Why Marge C. Called the Cops on Scafide
At 6:10 p.m. last Friday evening, a SBPD dispatcher sent two officers to 18 W. Victoria Street, responding to a telephone complaint about...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 12, 2017
Most Viewed: Angel, Bendy, Cathy Rank 1,2,3
Less than a month before the Nov, 7 election, Angel Martinez draws the most interest among mayoral contenders from the “Newsmakers”...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 10, 2017
Angel: Key Bendy Backer Told Me to Stay Out
Angel Martinez says his final decision to run for mayor of Santa Barbara followed a contentious private meeting with political consultant...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 9, 2017
Snarky Monday: In the 4th, It's All About Das
Not since Clint Eastwood famously spoke to an empty chair in backing Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention has there...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 9, 2017
New Video: Marianne Williamson Introduces Capps Non-Profit at Private Reception
Author, lecturer and spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson keynoted first night for the Lois & Walter Capps Project, a new Santa Barbara...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 8, 2017
First Look at Cathy Murillo's New Ad
Cathy Murillo began her first TV advertising push on Saturday, with a straightforward 30-second spot titled "Difference," which seems...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 8, 2017
McGrew vs. Friedman: Bromance in 5th District
Just posted: the Newsmakers' conversation with Warner McGrew and Eric Friedman, the two candidates running for Santa Barbara City Council...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 7, 2017
New Show Posted: Josh, Kelsey, Laura & Nick
Our Hacks and Flacks panel returns to the airwaves and internets this week with analysis, behind-the-scenes and inside stuff: Noozhawk...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 5, 2017
Round 2.6: Campaign Winners and Losers
On Wednesday night, the moderator at the big environmental mayoral forum framed one query to the candidates this way: “I’d like to move...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 5, 2017
Harvest Moon Looms, as Earthly Tribulation and Political Weirdness Shadow Campaign
It was another SRO crowd on the mayor’s race campaign trail Wednesday night, but more than 200 tree huggers, energy geeks, birders and...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 3, 2017
Round 2: Campaign Winners and Losers
Off-year city elections can be desultory affairs, with little fervent debate, a shortage of intriguing characters and low-wattage media...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 3, 2017
The Key Moment in Round 2 Mayoral Debate
More than 250 people packed the First United Methodist Church up to the nosebleed seats on Monday night, as the five candidates for mayor...
Newsmakers with JR
Oct 2, 2017
3 Big Keys to Monday's Mayor's Race Forum
On Monday night, you can catch the five candidates for mayor of Santa Barbara on the same stage, at the campaign’s second major public...
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