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Watch: Big Questions Loom after SB Council Turns Down Paseo Plan; Heartbreaking Impact of Trump Attacks; Why Local News Matters
Newsmakers TV's All-Star Panel of Top Local Journalists looks around corners, with well-informed insights and analysis about the week's biggest news…
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Jerry Roberts
Phang: How Trump's Pardons Make a Mockery of the U.S. Justice System
A veteran prosecutor who specialized in narcotics cases offers a splendid rant detailing how the rank hypocrisy of the pardon of Juan Hernandez by our…
Famed Editor Marty Baron Finds Five Reasons for Optimism, amid Trump's Sinister Attacks on First Amendment Freedoms
The former Washington Post editor offers a grim diagnosis of the state of U.S. democracy - but maps out a pathway for the preservation of our…
Boom to Bust: Two Contentious Cannabis Operations Bite the Dust, Latest Evidence of Utter Failure for SB County Pot Policy
Bitterly and long opposed by neighbors, an embattled Carpinteria Valley growing operation and a planned dispensary on Santa Claus Lane both now belong…

November 2025

Watch: Fearless Forecasts on City Hall's Big Paseo Vote; "Threat is Real" on New Offshore Drilling; SBHS, UCSB, Carp, Massage Scandal
Our all-star panel of top local journalists breaks down the week's biggest stories in Santa Barbara, from City Council's showdown over downtown…
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Jerry Roberts
Happy Thanksgiving from the Turkeys at Newsmakers - with Gratitude for the Pro-Democracy Movement
Ten months into the authoritarian regime of the mob boss president, he's hitting record lows in polling, and men finally have joined women in seeing…
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Jerry Roberts
Bassin: Trump Seeks to Roll Back 1,000 Years of Progress with His Abuse of the Powers of Prosecution
"A head of state using prosecutorial powers to target their enemies is not a new idea. It is one of the oldest abuses in human government."
Watch: "There Is No Plan B" for Paseo Nuevo, SB City Hall Chief Says, as Key Council Vote Looms
Santa Barbara City Administrator Kelly McAdoo and members of her team take a deep and detailed dive into the plan for the downtown mall, defending its…
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Jerry Roberts
Serious Question for SB Republicans: How Much More Proof Do You Need that Your Boy is Clinically Demented?
You don't have to look very hard for evidence that the realityTV president is afflicted with senile dementia. Just read or listen to the actual words…
Watch: Kristen Says She's Running for Mayor -- "We're Stuck and We Need Progress, Not Stagnation"
In an exclusive interview, city council member knocks incumbent for oppositional behavior, calls for public vote on Paseo Nuevo, and vows to work with…
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Jerry Roberts
Watch: Randy Says Contentious Plan is "Very Best Option" for Paseo Nuevo; Rent Control, State St., Budget, Campaign...
In a new "Ask the Mayor" episode of Newsmakers TV, SB Alcalde Randy Rowse tackles questions, criticisms, and skepticism about the city's most urgent…
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Jerry Roberts
Elias: It's Clear that the Epstein Files Were at the Core of the Shutdown -- and Explain Many of Trump's Other Actions
Why it's time for Democrats and the pro-democracy movement to center this issue.
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