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6 Key Questions in Westside Council Election
In all modesty (and we have plenty to be modest about), anyone still mulling their vote in Tuesday's District 3 city council special...
Newsmakers with JR
Jun 4, 2018


New TV: Animal House Meets the Front Page
Channeling “The Front Page," the Newsmakers TV gang produces some heavy-duty punditry this week, with all the gentility and politesse of...
Newsmakers with JR
Jun 1, 2018


After the Disaster: Eyewitness Tales of Terror
The worst horror of the catastrophic January 9 debris flow struck on the west bank of Montecito Creek, just below the bridge at East...
By Melinda Burns
May 31, 2018


What Did Cary Know & When Did He Know It?
Some parents at San Marcos High are challenging, as misleading or dishonest, comments made by school board superintendent Cary Matsuoka...
Newsmakers with JR
May 31, 2018


A Look Inside the Montecito Disaster Probe
Tom Dunne has tramped all over the enormous debris flows, dozens of miles long, that were triggered in May, 1980, during a volcanic...
By Melinda Burns
May 30, 2018


New SMHS Principal: I Know What I'm In For
Richard Rundhaug, the just-hired interim principal of San Marcos High, said in an interview that he is well informed about the quagmire...
Newsmakers with JR
May 27, 2018


Subs & Substance: Debate Behind-the-Scenes
Last Saturday night, pre-gaming for KEYT-TV’s congressional debate began at 6:30 p.m. Three miles across town, thousands of Katy Perry...
Newsmakers with JR
May 22, 2018


24th CD TV Debate Faces Off with Katy Perry
II is far-fetched to imagine, but there may be a reader, perhaps even two, who inexplicably chose to check out Katy Perry’s big Montecito...
Newsmakers with JR
May 20, 2018


KEYT Congressional Debate Airs Live Tonight
Newsmakers will pitch in on the journalist’s panel that will question the three candidates in the primary race for the 24th Congressional...
Newsmakers with JR
May 19, 2018


EPA Chief: Stoker's Our Guy - Mike Speaks
Scott Pruitt, the embattled Administrator of the EPA, on Friday formally named ex-Santa Barbara County supervisor Mike Stoker to head the...
Newsmakers with JR
May 19, 2018


Newsmakers TV: All the News that Fits
Noozhawk Managing Editor Giana Magnoli joins the panel this week, reporting on the opening of the criminal trial against Plains Oil,...
Newsmakers with JR
May 18, 2018


LAT: Stoker Refusing to Move for EPA Gig ---- Dale Works Behind the Scenes Against Mike
Those who've wondered what's delaying the Trump Administration from announcing the appointment of Mike Stoker to the powerful post of...
Newsmakers with JR
May 18, 2018


Montecito: Supes OK Fast-Track Rebuilds
The county Board of Supervisors this week cleared away the red tape for Montecito property owners who want to rebuild what they lost in...
By Melinda Burns
May 17, 2018


Oops: Oscar Misspells Own Name on Mailer
Thanks to the customary incompetence of Cox Cable, the Oscar Gutierrez campaign delivered a mailer to Westside voters on Wednesday that...
Newsmakers with JR
May 17, 2018


Council Yields on Key District Elxns Demand
Not since Jimmy Dean first shoved pork into plastic casings has there been such a spectacle of sausage-making as the City Council...
Newsmakers with JR
May 16, 2018


City Hall Aims at District Elections. Again.
SB's City Council is poised to undercut neighborhood voters on Tuesday, when they consider a proposed charter change that would consign...
Newsmakers with JR
May 14, 2018


Trump Effect: Nazi Leads GOP Senate Field
There was at least one thing that delegates to last weekend’s California Republican Party convention agreed upon: Endorsing a neo-Nazi as...
Newsmakers with JR
May 11, 2018


Scoop: Keith Hamm on San Marcos Threats
Press clips: In the just-out edition of the Indy, staff writer Keith Hamm breaks news in reporting the latest fall-out from the online...
Newsmakers with JR
May 10, 2018


A Case Study of Rebuilding at Ground Zero
Mary Beth Myers wanted to spend the night of Jan. 8 at her old cottage on the banks of Montecito Creek, just below the bridge at East...
By Melinda Burns
May 10, 2018


Newsmakers TV Excloo: The District 3 Rivals Air Key Differences in Special Election Race
Key differences emerged among the four candidates for City Council in Santa Barbara’s Westside District during a one-hour Newsmakers TV...
Newsmakers with JR
May 4, 2018
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