Newsmakers with JR
How Gregg's Assembly Move Scrambles SB Politics - Plus: Omicron Tests Schools, Jail & Supes
The news that Supervisor Gregg Hart is running for Santa Barbara's newly-drawn 37th state Assembly District sets off a cascade of...
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Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 8
Panel: Wallabies, Kangaroos and YouTubers, Oh My! Plus: Covid Strikes SB Schools
Starting 2022 on a decidedly strange note, the Newsmakers TV gang roamed to the furthest reaches of Santa Barbara's local news landscape...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 7
County Schools Supe: Untangling the Confusion Over Covid Tests, Boosters and Safety for Kids
By Susan Salcido As schools across Santa Barbara County reopen following the winter break and prepare for a successful return, I wanted...
Newsmakers with JR
- Jan 6
Op-Ed: Why California's New Law Reducing Organic Waste Is Crucial to Combatting Climate Change
By Pedro Nava January 1 wasn’t just the beginning of a new year. It was also the start of California’s ambitious new effort to combat...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 31, 2021
Bye-Bye 2021: Randy, Barney and Meagan's New Kid Headline Newsmakers' Year-End Show
In a momentous homage to Dick Clark, the Newsmakers TV gang produced their own version of New Year's Rockin' Eve on Friday, as our...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 18, 2021
Panel: From Barney's Plea for Cops to Das's Self-Own on Pot -- Plus Housing, Homeless, Pensions
Santa Barbara's biggest self-own of 2021 belongs to Das Williams and his pro-pot brethren on the Board of Supervisors, who heard bad news...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 13, 2021
Op-Ed: Why Santa Barbara County Is in Store for Far-Reaching Political Transformation
By Lanny Ebenstein Santa Barbara County is in the midst of a political revolution. The all-but-certain approval of the recent redrawing...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 12, 2021
Op-Ed: With His New Book, Governor Newsom Hits a Home Run as a Dyslexia Advocate
By Cheri Rae and Monie de Wit When it was announced back in 2019 that Governor Gavin Newsom was in negotiations to write a children's...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 11, 2021
Panel: Cathy Throws a Hail Mary on Rent Control as Kristen Wins on Lot Splits & Tiny Homes Advance
In a new, mansplaining edition, the Newsmakers TV panel dissects all the latest developments in the city and county's efforts to address...
Newsmakers with JR
- Dec 4, 2021
Panel: "Dormzilla" Vets Speak; Pickle Ball Wars Hit Goleta; SBTA Chief Lauds Hilda; Han Trial Wraps
With the city election in the rear view mirror, Newsmakers TV returns this week with a collection of only-in-Santa Barbara stories that...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 27, 2021
"Santa Barbara and Beyond": Mike Eliason's Spectacular New Photography Book Has Landed
“I don’t have the patience to fish," says Mike Eliason, "but I can sit for 90 minutes waiting for the light to be right.” Eliason, one of...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 20, 2021
Panel: State St. Committee Takes the Slow Road - Plus Kristen vs. Barrett, Teachers Union vs. Hilda
Fifty years ago this month, a first-term member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors named Dianne Feinstein suffered a humiliating...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 18, 2021
Op-Ed: How and Why D.C. and Sacto District Maps Are Changing -- and What it Means Politically
By Lanny Ebenstein The 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission has just released preliminary maps for Congressional, State...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 12, 2021
Press Clips: Tyler's Hot Streak of Scoops - Dormzilla, Bellosguardo, SBCSD's Vaccine Scofflaws
Joseph Pulitzer famously defined "news" as "that which is apt to be talked about." - and by that measure Tyler Hayden in recent weeks has...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 6, 2021
Panel: Digging Through the Entrails of Tuesday's SB Election -- Best & Worst Among Political Players
In one last look at Santa Barbara's municipal election, this week's Newsmakers TV panel sees conflicts ahead between mayor-elect Randy...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 5, 2021
Well, Thank God That's Over: Mr. Cranky Pants' Winners & Losers from SB City Election
The noted barrister Steve Amerikaner, aiming his comment at a notorious, local poison pen editorialist, once memorably said that, in...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 3, 2021
SB's Next Mayor Randy Rowse: "When It Comes to Local Politics, We Need to Get Away from Politics"
Randy Rowse says his "message rang true" in the Santa Barbara mayor's race, crediting his apparent victory in the contest to his call to...
Newsmakers with JR
- Nov 2, 2021
Zero Tuesdays to Go: Very Low Turnout Will Shape SB Results; Cathy's Last Stand; Matt Caught in Act
Voters are staying away in droves from Santa Barbara's historic city election, with a mere one-fourth of those registered having returned...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 29, 2021
Panel: Election Predictions; A Unified Theory of Homelessness; Fight Over SRO at SMHS; Bellosguardo
The Newsmakers TV panel unfurls its crystal balls on Halloween Eve Eve for a close look at next Tuesday night's SB election results --...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 26, 2021
1 Tuesday to Go: Deborah Says Das Pressed Her to Quit the Race - Calls Dem Party Tactics "Shameful"
In a private email, SB mayoral candidate Deborah Schwartz told key supporters over the weekend that Supervisor and local Democratic...