Rebecca takes a road trip to Napa Valley then to Rock Springs Wyoming on a mission to visit her son during Covid-19. She shows how the country is coping with the changes brought by the virus.
t’s a Viva la Fiesta edition of Newsmakers TV, as Callie Fausey, Josh Molina and Nick Welsh check in with a quick look at all the cheer and controversy attached to Santa Barbara’s biggest annual celebration
On this week’s edition, Nick Welsh explains how the U.S. Space Force extended a major middle finger to the California Coastal Commission in a conflict over the ever-growing number of rocket launches from Vandenberg
Josh Molina and the genial host co-moderated City Council campaign forums for the candidates in Districts 1 and 3 earlier this week, the first such events of the 2024 local campaign season and debrief the contrasting politics and policies of the contender
This week's guests: Kate Carter, CEO & Executive Director of Life Chronicles, accompanied by Judi Weisbart, Life Chronicles Remarkable Life Award Recipient
Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse returns this week for a conversation with Gwyn Lurie, Josh Molina and the genial host that goes behind the scenes on the latest developments over the city’s most controversial issues
Newsmakers’ National Pundit Panel reconvenes this week to dissect the vice presidential debate and look ahead to the final four weeks of the presidential race.
t’s an all-SB Independent all-the-time edition of Newsmakers TV, as Margaux Lovely, Callie Fausey, Ryan P. Cruz and Nick Welsh join the genial host for a pre-election rundown
This week's guests: Kate Carter, CEO & Executive Director of Life Chronicles, accompanied by Judi Weisbart, Life Chronicles Remarkable Life Award Recipient
Santa Barbara City College journalists Anika Brodansky and Cebeli Pfeifer check in to recap, and go behind the scenes, of their big scoop which revealed the SBCC football team has been sanctioned and barred from post-season play for a prohibited recruiti
The Journey of a Storyteller: Gerald DiPego's Writing Career
Gerald DiPego shares his path from childhood storytelling to scriptwriting in LA, collaborations with stars like Paul Newman, and advice for writers on persistence and creativity.
Marianne Partridge, editor of the Santa Barbara Independent, shares her journey, the paper's history, community events like Burger Week, its digital shift, and invites readers to contribute.
Salud Carbajal checks in from the snow-boound steppes of Washington D.C. to preview the coming political year, describing how “depressing” it was to watch Vice President Kamala Harris preside over the electoral vote count for her rivals,
Salud Carbajal checks in from the snow-boound steppes of Washington D.C. to preview the coming political year, describing how “depressing” it was to watch Vice President Kamala Harris preside over the electoral vote count for her rivals,
Salud Carbajal checks in from the snow-boound steppes of Washington D.C. to preview the coming political year, describing how “depressing” it was to watch Vice President Kamala Harris preside over the electoral vote count for her rivals,
Amid the savage wildfires in Los Angeles, Gwyn Lurie and Josh Molina join the genial host to discuss some lessons learned from Santa Barbara’s mass casualty natural disaster experience seven years ago, and discuss the politics and policies likely to emerg
Despite its huge wealth, Santa Barbara County has the second highest poverty level among California’s 58 counties. Plus: a big change in cannabis regulation, refugees from the L.A. fires fill SB hotels, a honeymoon for Roy Lee and SB coun
Supervisor Laura Capps, leading off a new Newsmakers series of conversations with local leaders about preparing for and standing up to the threat of Donald Trump's right-wing agenda.
Nine years after an aging oil pipeline failed; a little-known Texas oil company is seeking to reopen it, a scheme with far-reaching implications which, veteran environmental attorney Linda Krop warns in a conversation with Nick Welsh
In the second of our “Standing Up to Trump” series, Newsmakers interviews state Senator Monique Limon about the emergency special session of the Legislature called by Gov. Newsom
Veteran journalist and educator Mi-Ai Parrish beams in from Arizona State University to talk about the strategy and tactics behind the planned re-launch of the Santa Barbara News-Press as a daily, online news operation, backed by NEWSWELL,
Sheriff Bill Brown discusses Donald Trump’s push to crack down and deport immigrants who may be here illegally, and the roles and responsibilities of his department amid the counter-pressures of California’s “Sanctuary State” law,
L.A. Times political columnist Mark Z. Barabak returns to discuss the early weeks of the new Trump Administration, including the scandalous pardons of January 6 criminals, the prominent role of tech bro oligarchs and the odious attempt to link disaster re
Stan Evenson shares his journey from athlete to artist, designing album covers, meeting George Harrison, and exploring environmental themes in his work.
Santa Barbara’s Board of Supervisors is headed for a Herculean and arduous meeting next weel, as two high-profile issues with intense public interest come before them at once.
Amid a recent batch of high-profile and contentious county government decisions, Gwyn Lurie returns to Newsmakers TV to recount her conversation about them with rookie First District representative Roy Lee
rian Johnson, chief executive officer of the Board of Realtors, and City Council member Meagan Harmon join the genial host for an in-depth conversation about Santa Barbara’s proposed “right to return” ordinance
On this week’s episode of Newsmakers TV, SB Independent Editor in Chief Marianne Partridge, and Vicky Riskin, president and founder of Bluedot Living join to discuss their collaborative publication of the second edition of “The Santa Barba Green Guide
Patricia Chila shares her journey from a military upbringing to painting, focusing on realism, urban landscapes, and capturing everyday moments in art.
Political and legal fallout over the Sable oil pipeline circulated and spread this week, and Margaux Lovely and Nick Welsh return to Newsmakers TV with all the latest
conomics professor Peter Rupert, director of the UCSB Economic Forecast, joins the genial host for a conversation about how Donald Trump’s tariffs and other fiscal policies are transforming the global economy