Newsmakers with JRMar 21, 2023Op-Ed: Pigs Fly -- SBUSD Leaders Finally Pivot from "Balanced Literacy" to "Science of Reading"By Cheri Rae and Monie de Wit On March 9, Santa Barbara Unified School District officials made a quiet, but extremely consequential...
Newsmakers with JRMar 17, 2023Das's Folly: Why SB Supes' Sweetheart Deal for Pot Growers is Failing -- and Stinks to High Heaven Tax collections from pot, hailed as financial salvation by politicians who recklessly transformed Santa Barbara into the undisputed...
Newsmakers with JRMar 16, 2023County Pot Revenue Plunges Amid State Weed Glut; Capps' Tough Cannabis Questions Touch a NerveBy Melinda Burns The ongoing downturn in tax revenues from the cannabis industry in Santa Barbara stands out as the dark spot in an...
Newsmakers with JRMar 11, 2023Cross-County Housing Disputes; Gay, Trans Conflicts; Hidden Cameras, Falling Trees & Sex Therapy Demands by state government that local jurisdictions build huge amounts of new housing have triggered debate and dispute over a host of...