The Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office will not pursue criminal charges stemming from parents' allegations of adult "sexual...

As five well-spoken candidates compete for an open SB City Council seat representing District 2 on the Mesa, Newsmakers is offering three...

Newsmakers TV returns with a special night-of-the-living-dead episode featuring a boiling cauldron of devil-in-the-details policy...

Update: Rep. Katie Hill announced her resignation on Sunday night, amid the scandal discussed in this piece). Editor’s note: The House...

Topic A on a new edition of Newsmakers TV this week is the abrupt and startling decision by schools chief Cary Matsuoka to end his tenure...

(Editor's note. On Tuesday night, Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent Cary Matsuoka offered a surprise announcement at...

Under oath, Santa Barbara school Superintendent Cary Matsuoka changed, on two key points, his previous account of what happened in the...

In the most extraordinary collection of political talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone, more than two dozen current, former and...

Democrats grabbed an astonishing 41 House seats from Republicans in the 2018 elections, and one of the more unlikely victories came in...

In a victory for his critics, SB Schools Superintendent Cary Matsuoka has decided not to ask for an extension of his $354,000 contract,...

For more than a quarter-century, Andy Caldwell has represented North County political, business and cultural interests and values as a...

In an unexpected move, Santa Barbara's school board plans to meet in secret, executive session on Tuesday night to consider extending the...

Newsmakers TV returns with a fast-moving, half-hour gabfest featuring news, analysis and reported commentary about the latest in Santa...

The biggest winner at a key gathering of hardcore Democratic Party activists in Santa Barbara over the weekend was a scrupulously fair...

Mayor Cathy Murillo won’t say it on the record yet, but over Cobb salad at Dargan’s this week, she left no doubt she’s running for the...

Editor’s Note: Over coffee recently, First District Supervisor Das Williams told Newsmakers about the county’s impending green energy...

With 163 days left before California’s March 3 primary election, the decision by Monique Limon to give up her Assembly seat to run for...

Monique Limon said on Saturday that she’s running for the 19th Senate District seat now held by termed-out Hannah Beth Jackson -- a...

Most of the panel held off sucking down their snob beers until the show was over, while one member just couldn’t wait (we name no names;...

In our unstinting efforts to, um, enter the 21st Century, by providing high-quality content about Santa Barbara politics and news as...