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GATE Mess Supplies Winner & Loser of Week
Santa Barbara school board superintendent Cary Matsuoka takes home the Newsmakers (all rise) Biggest Political Loser of the Week Award,...
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Apr 26, 2019


Salud on Impeachment: 'Reserving Judgment'
Salud Carbajal believes the explosive investigative report about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election contains “very...
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Apr 24, 2019


TV: SBCC, SBUSD, City Hall & Supes Updates
Newsmakers TV this week takes on the allegations of race and gender bias swirling at City College and the ongoing controversy over...
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Apr 18, 2019


Here's Where to Read the Mueller Report
Not since John Mitchell covered up for Richard Nixon has a U.S. Attorney General abased himself with as much sycophantic dissembling as...
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Apr 18, 2019


Hazard's Emails Draw Brown Act Warning
The lawyer for the Montecito Sanitary District has told board members they are violating the state Brown Act and “half a dozen conflict...
By Melinda Burns
Apr 17, 2019


AWC's Big Bash: Communicating Women Bestow Honors on Women Communicators
A double dose of Newsmakers mega-kudos to Beth Farnsworth and Kymberlee Weil, honored on Friday by the Association of Women in...
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Apr 14, 2019


Dem Supes Push Sweetheart Union Scheme
Democrats on the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday are expected to rubber stamp a plan replacing the county’s low-bid system for publicly...
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Apr 9, 2019


Newsmakers TV: The Mansplaining Edition
From pot to punditry, housing to homelessness and Milpas Street to Farmers’ Market, Nick Welsh, Josh Molina and Mr. Cranky Pants offer a...
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Apr 4, 2019


Monique: Big Decision Deadline is Inoperative
Assembly member Monique Limon, two weeks past her promised date for announcing if she will run for the state Senate or re-election in...
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Apr 1, 2019


How Prince Gavin Overruled State Voters
A foe of capital punishment, Gavin Newsom said while running for governor that, if elected, he would not substitute his personal views...
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Mar 29, 2019


Dem Party Endorsement Deadlines Loom
Kudos to Democratic Party honcho Gail Teton-Landis, for undertaking to advise potential candidates for four Santa Barbara City Council...
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Mar 25, 2019


Why Trump Starts as 2020 Front-Runner
Terrifying but true: The nation’s leading bookmakers have installed Donald Trump as the favorite to win next year’s presidential...
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Mar 22, 2019


New TV: Who Will Pay for Thomas Fire?
Packed with local news, the latest episode of Newsmakers TV leads off with a look at a new forensic report that traces the start of the...
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Mar 21, 2019


How Mike Eliason's Storm Photos Went Global
Mike Eliason shot images of Tuesday night’s violent and spectacular storm for 90 minutes, standing in the open at the end of Stearns...
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Mar 8, 2019


'He Has No Genitalia and He's Holding a Star'
Dustin Hoffman, accepting the Oscar for Best Actor at the 1980 Academy Awards, cast a glance at the statuette and famously declared, “He...
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Mar 8, 2019


Gandrud Wins Key Spot as State GOP Retools
Veteran Santa Barbara conservative activist Greg Gandrud won election as treasurer of the California Republican Party over the weekend at...
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Feb 28, 2019


Forget Oscars, TVSB Awards Show Rocked
TV Santa Barbara celebrated in grand style Saturday night, hosting a sold-out awards gala at the Alcazar Theatre that honored nearly a...
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Feb 24, 2019


New TV: WTF is Going On at City College?
Delaney Smith, editor-in-chief of The Channels news site, joins the panel this week to shed light on the maelstrom of controversy over...
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Feb 21, 2019


SB Authors: Vicki Riskin's Hollywood Memoir
The multitalented Victoria Riskin is out with “Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir,” a behind-the-scenes tale of...
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Feb 20, 2019


Millennial Meagan Joins Council: 6 Takeaways
Six members of the City Council picked a seventh in a relatively painless process on Tuesday night, selecting Meagan Froemming Harmon, an...
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Feb 14, 2019
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