Newsmakers with JR
"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...
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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...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 23, 2021
Panel Clashes Over Rose Garden Inn - Triumph or Debacle? Vax, Mental Health, Rumors of the Week
It's a safe bet that not a single voter who cast a ballot for Measure C four years ago thought they were agreeing to tax themselves in...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 20, 2021
Two Tuesdays to Go: James Says He's Got Enough Kick to Catch Randy and Cathy in the Stretch
In his college days, James Joyce III competed as a Division 1 track and field athlete. Today, he compares his campaign for mayor of Santa...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 16, 2021
Panel: A Harrowing Tale of the Alisal Fire; Anti-Vax Passions Cool at School Board; Campaign Cash
Jade Martinez-Pogue was almost home from a visit to Northern California Monday when flames and smoke from the Alisal Fire, roaring down...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 13, 2021
3 Tuesdays to Go: New Campaign Allegations Hit Reed, Developer Knell; Daraka Drones, Power Ratings
In a complaint to the state's political watchdog agency, a prominent Santa Barbara attorney accuses District 4 city council candidate...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 9, 2021
Panel: James Joyce is Having a Moment in SB Mayor's Race -- City Hall Campaign Fines; New Vax Data
James Joyce III got a major boost to his lagging campaign for mayor this week, when he captured the endorsement of the Santa Barbara...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 6, 2021
Four Tuesdays to Go: Mayorals Face Big Dog Debate; MoJo Q&A Power Rankings; Why the Race Matters
Sample ballots for Santa Barbara's micro-local, mail-in Nov. 2 city election arrived in postal boxes this week, part of the city's...
Newsmakers with JR
- Oct 2, 2021
Panel: As Anti-Vax Mandate Crowd Menaces School Board, Mayoral Hopefuls Skirmish, Covid Plateaus
Gwyn Lurie, editor of the Montecito Journal, rejoins the panel on a lively and contentious new episode of Newsmakers TV, offering an...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 29, 2021
5 Tuesdays to Go: Big Change in Mayor's Race Power Rankings; Notes on Campaign Cash Dash
It's a big week in the mayor's race, as voters will have three -- 3, count 'em, 3 - opportunities to check out the candidates for Santa...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 27, 2021
Op-Ed: What New Census Data Portend About Who's In, Who's Out of SB Board of Supervisors Districts
By Lanny Ebenstein The long-standing battle over locating UCSB and Isla Vista in Santa Barbara County's Board of Supervisors Third...
Newsmakers with JR
- Sep 26, 2021
Literacy Denial: As the Climate Changes on Reading Instruction, We Must Respect the Science
By Cheri Rae The sight and sound of a child struggling to read aloud will break your heart: Shoulders slumped, head bowed, eyes...
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