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Newsmakers with JR
Aug 16, 2024
A Presidential Race Like No Other - LA Times Columnist Mark Barabak Breaks Down America's Historic Political Summer
Kamala Harris "will come back down to Earth sometime," says Mark Z. Barabak, ace political columnist for the Los Angeles Times, adding a...

Newsmakers with JR
Aug 14, 2024
State of Play: In 40 Days, Kamala Harris Remade the Race against Donald Trump - Buckle Up for the Next 80
Poised for a coronation celebration, Kamala Harris is set to accept the Democratic presidential nomination next week, holding a slight...

Newsmakers with JR
Aug 10, 2024
Space Force to Coast Agency: Drop Dead; Secret Camera Scandal Hits SB Charter School, Sea Lions Sickened Hilda Speaks
With all the courtesy and tact of an occupying army, brass hats from Vandenberg Space Force Base this week bullied and browbeat...


Newsmakers with JR
Aug 3, 2024
How SB Housing Crunch Hammers Seniors; Gavin Goes Militant on Homeless; Gophers vs Owls; Viva La Fiesta!
If demographics is destiny, Santa Barbara planners, pols and non-profit plotters who endlessly obsess about housing are well-advised to...

Newsmakers with JR
Jul 26, 2024
Space Force Spurns State Coastal Fears on Elon's Rockets; City-Chamber Contract Mystery; SB Election Updates
The U.S. military's indifference to the environmental impacts of rockets that blast off from Vandenberg Space Force Base keeps...


Newsmakers with JR
Jul 24, 2024
Salud: Biden Withdrawal "Purely Political"; House GOP to Blame for Border Mess; Federal Abortion Ban "Extremely Possible"
Joe Biden's unprecedented pullout from his re-election bid was "absolutely" a pure political calculation arising from fears of a...

Newsmakers with JR
Jul 22, 2024
Kamala Biographer: Look for Harris to "Go Back to Her Roots as a Prosecutor" in Taking On Trump and His MAGA Movement
"You may be the first to do many things," the mother of Vice President Kamala Harris once instructed her daughter. "Make sure you are not...


Newsmakers with JR
Jul 19, 2024
Capps: How County Settlement with UCSB Will Help Revamp I.V., Target Rent Gouging, and Ease Local Housing Crunch
Santa Barbara County's recent $3.7 million settlement with UCSB over the university's failure to build student housing will help meet...


Newsmakers with JR
Jul 9, 2024
Press Clips: 3 Possible Pathways Forward for Dems, as Biden Digs in and Control of House and Senate Hang in Balance
Joe Biden's unforced error, of engineering an unprecedented, early debate with Donald Trump will rank as "one of the greatest political...


Newsmakers with JR
Jul 6, 2024
Randy: State St. Car Foes "Nostalgic for Pandemic"; Homelessness "Not a Housing Problem"; Ale "Deserves Another Shot"
Provocative as ever, Mayor Randy Rowse returned to Newsmakers TV on Friday, setting forth some policy and political arguments sure to...

Newsmakers with JR
Jul 2, 2024
City Hall Tries to Please Everyone with State Street Plan -- Walkers, Bikers, Even Something for (Gasp) Cars
In a case of the elephant giving birth to the mouse, City Hall last week rolled out its long-awaited, block-by-block recommendations for...

Newsmakers with JR
Jun 28, 2024
After Biden’s Dismal Debate Showing, National Campaign & Media Experts Assess New Political Landscape
In the wake of President Joe Biden's dismal debate performance, Newsmakers on Friday convened a group of veteran political talents that...

Newsmakers with JR
Jun 28, 2024
Biden's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Debate Overshadows Trump's Torrent of Lies
In an epic political fail, President Joe Biden during Thursday night’s globally watched debate confirmed virtually every adverse...

Newsmakers with JR
Jun 27, 2024
Hell Freezes Over: County PC Demands Carbon Scrubbers for Fetid Carp Pot Operation Near Polo Condos
By Melinda Burns Island Breeze Farms, a two-acre cannabis greenhouse operation across from the Polo Condos in the Carpinteria Valley,...

Newsmakers with JR
Jun 25, 2024
Presidential Debates Usually Don't Matter Much. This One May Decide the Future of Democracy
Time is running out for President Joe Biden to change the dynamics of his rematch against Donald Trump, the nation’s most momentous...


Newsmakers with JR
Jun 24, 2024
Cops Clear Pro-Palestine Encampment at UCSB after Last Warning from Chancellor Yang
By Lily Karofsky Around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, law enforcement officers entered UCSB's campus and cleared out the long-standing tent...

Newsmakers with JR
Jun 22, 2024
How Antisemitism Emerged at UCSB; Pot Industry Wins (Again); Riviera Neighbors Confront Blockbuster; Teen Train Horror
The late Israeli diplomat Abba Eban, a dovish Labor Party stalwart, famously said that, "One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the...


Newsmakers with JR
Jun 19, 2024
Pot Reform Fails at Supes: Joan Wilts, Das Postures, Steve Away; Capps and Nelson Await Roy's Arrival
By Melinda Burns A proposed cannabis tax increase, designed to address the problem of chronic under-reporting by some outdoor growers, ...

Newsmakers with JR
Jun 17, 2024
Supes Struggle on Cannabis Taxes to Clean Up Mess They (at Least Some of Them) Made. We Name No Names, Das.
By Melinda Burns As the county supervisors prepare to vote this week whether to propose a cannabis tax increase for the November ballot,...


Newsmakers with JR
Jun 15, 2024
SBUSD Contract Talks, UCSB Building Occupation Both Spring Surprise Endings; The Politics Behind SB Sales Tax Vote
In the Trump era, it's hard to think of a piece of advice more out-of-fashion than Robert Browning's celebrated epigram on behalf of...
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