Watch: Anti-ICE and SB Drag Groups Canceled on Social Media; Trump's Assault on Coastline; SB Campaign Roundup
Our All-Star Panel of Top Local Journalists is back with a new episode of Newsmakers TV, breaking down Santa Barbara's most consequential and entertaining news stories.
The social media colossus Meta mysteriously canceled accounts recently for an organization that live-monitors ICE and a drag show club at UCSB — two groups that have little in common except being unpopular with the Trump administration.
SB Independent reporter Christina McDermott returns to Newsmakers TV to discuss her scoop detailing how the immigrant rights group SBResiste and BARBARA, organized around a monthly drag show at the university, both suddenly faced cancellation on Instagram, with virtually no explanation from Meta and no ability to appeal.
Nick Welsh reprises his comprehensive reporting on the full-scale assault the federal government has aimed at the power and authority of the California Coastal Commission, amid an onslaught of chilling new proposals for offshore oil drilling, fracking, expanded space launches and underwater nuclear plants in and around the state’s precious coastline.
And Josh Molina has the latest from the local campaign trail, where a four-way contest for Santa Barbara’s District 4 city council seat is teeming with political maneuver and intrigue, and two consequential but low-profile races for the Unified School District board of trustees sadly so far have drawn scant attention.
Plus: a new twist in the long-running saga about the proposed blockbuster project at the Mission; UCSB breaks ground on a huge project that could help ease the local housing crunch; and the genial host reveals state secrets about a certain controversial campaign conversation.
All this and more, right here, right now, on Newsmakers TV.
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