By Melinda Burns In a sweeping decision that puts a seal of approval on the county’s embrace of the fast-growing cannabis industry in...

One year ago, the (all rise) Deputy Director of California's Department of Finance checked in with dreadful news about how the pandemic...

There aren't many people in Santa Barbara possessed with the rare combination of public policy chops, political smarts and communitarian...

Hal Conklin was a great man -- a gifted political leader, passionate environmentalist, dedicated champion of the arts, economic visionary...

The Newsmakers TV gang convened on Friday amid the sad news circulating in the community that former Mayor Hal Conklin had passed a few...

The Conventional Wisdom is that the Republican-backed effort to recall Gavin Newsom in a special election this year is doomed to fail -...

(Editor's note: In recent days, Newsmakers has received copies of a multitude of communications from community members impacted by...

In the wake of the George Floyd killing, investigative reporter Tyler Hayden undertook a methodical and meticulous examination of cases...

After a year of conflict and debate over "reimagining" law enforcement policies and practices, Santa Barbara interim Police Chief Barney...

The supply of Covid vaccines outstripped demand in Santa Barbara this week, as public health and elected officials struggled to overcome...

By Melinda Burns The Board of Supervisors this week approved a zoning permit for Central Coast Agriculture Inc., a 30-acre cannabis...

Two weeks before she started work last summer, then newly-appointed Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent Hilda Maldonado...

Noozhawk's Josh Molina and Jade Martinez-Pogue join the host to unpack all the top local stories from a hectic news week in Santa...

As the Covid public health crisis eases, government officials from Washington to City Hall still are still scrambling to manage the...

Six-story buildings inevitably will come to dominate Santa Barbara's iconic skyline, City Council member Oscar Gutierrez said Wednesday,...

On Monday, District Attorney Joyce Dudley said it "hurts my heart" to witness the lack of concern shown for crime victims during a...

"You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste." Rahm Emanuel, former President Obama's first chief of staff, famously said during...

The Newsmakers TV gang is back with.all the latest on this week's top local news stories in Santa Barbara: Jade Martinez-Pogue updates...

Sheila Lodge wrote the book -- literally -- about the history of planning policy in Santa Barbara, and she doesn't mince words about the...

In a new episode of Newsmakers TV, our All-Star lineup of A-list local journalists plunges into this week's top Santa Barbara news...