As City Council prepares to vote on a new plan for Paseo Nuevo, City Administrator Kelly McAdoo, State Street Master Planner Tess Harris and two of their key consultants

In a special bonus edition of Newsmakers TV, City Council member Kristen Sneddon announced she will seek election as Santa Barbara’s mayor,

Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse returns for a new “Ask the Mayor” episode, addressing questions from Josh Molina and the genial host about the controversial proposal to build housing at Paseo Nuevo

Christina McDermott leads off this week’s edition of Newsmakers TV with breaking news, reporting that federal food stamp benefits appear to have restored.

On this week’s episode, it’s a special tour of the Halloween hellscape the Trump Administration is creating in Santa Barbara,

Our All Star Panel of National Political Pundits returns, as veteran journalist Carla Marinucci, author Dan Morain and media strategist Bill Carrick join the genial host for a deep dive into Proposition 50.

Top Local Journalists features Christina McDermott, Josh Molina, Ryan P. Cruz and Nick Welsh breaking down all the latest about that monstrosity project proposed for the Mission, the City Council’s latest misadventures with rent control

Our All-Star Panel of Top Local Journalists roves through the full range of politics and public policy stories animating Santa Barbara this week,

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In an exclusive interview, celebrated public health leader Dr. Peter Marks joins Newsmakers for a far-ranging conversation about the clear and present danger posed to the nation by Robert F. Kennedy’s purge of science-based health and safety policies.

In a special emergency episode, Nick Welsh takes a deep dive into the politics of oil, Santa Barbara’s most long-running, consequential and roiling local conflict

It’s a special Three Amigos edition of Newsmakers TV, as Nick Welsh and Josh Molina join the genial host to break down the latest in this week’s top local news stories in Santa Barbara,

Assembly member Gregg Hart returns to Newsmakers TV to discuss his just-passed milestone legislation requiring the rogue Sable oil company to undergo full environmental review

It's a big week on the housing beat in Santa Barbara, as Christina McDermott, Ryan P. Cruz and Josh Molina join the genial host for analysis and commentary on Monique Limon's bid to stop that eight-story blockbuster at the Mission,

On this week’s edition, our all-star panel of top local journalists checks in with a batch of scoops,,

State Senator Monique Limon returns to Newsmakers TV for an urgent conversation about Proposition 50, the one and only issue in the Nov. 4 special election.

Los Angeles Times political columnist Mark Z. Barabak returns for a spirited conversation about Gavin Newsom’s counterpunch to Texas

On a special “Back to School” edition, Santa Barbara Country Superintendent of Schools Superintendent Susan Salcido returns to Newsmakers TV.

The normal chaotic hijinks of the Santa Barbara City Council have accelerated into warp speed and sheer lunacy in recent weeks, as Josh Molina and Ryan P. Cruz join the genial host on this week’s episode of Newsmakers TV.

Callie Fausey, Christiana McDermott, Josh Molina and Nick Welsh join the genial host for a fast-paced recap of all of Santa Barbara’s top local news stories, from the financial impacts of Trump Administration cuts.

The Independent’s prize-winning columnist and editor Nick Welsh joins the genial host for a one-on-one conversation that takes a deep and detailed dive into the tangled legal, political and policy affairs involving the Sable oil company’s effort to resta

On the eve of Fiesta, tensions in the community are high over ongoing indiscriminate arrests and harassment of people by brown skin by federal immigration thugs agents, and on this week’s edition of Newsmakers TV, Ryan P. Cruz, Nick Welsh and Josh Molina

Ryan P. Cruz and Josh Molina go behind the scenes on their reporting about a week of fear and intimidation triggered by federal immigration raids on two Central Coast cannabis operations

An outraged Rep. Salud Carbajal returns to Newsmakers TV with a full, detailed account of his confrontation with federal immigration officials in Carpinteria last week,

The Independent’s Christina McDermott and Nick Welsh join the genial host for a deep dive into the two hottest stories on the sizzling housing beat .

The Independent’s Christina McDermott and Nick Welsh join the genial host for a deep dive into the two hottest stories on the sizzling housing beat .

L.A. Times political columnist Mark Z. Barabak joins the genial host of Newsmakers TV for some robust punditry about the state of America on the eve of the nation’s 249th birthday

L.A. Times political columnist Mark Z. Barabak joins the genial host of Newsmakers TV for some robust punditry about the state of America on the eve of the nation’s 249th birthday

Digital news producer Lily Dallow returns to Newsmakers TV for an inside look at how she threw a spotlight on the brutal actions of federal immigration agents in the beating of an Orange County gardener.

Chris Meagher made his bones in Santa Barbara, as both a newspaper hack and a political flack,

In his return to Newsmakers TV, Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse confirms he will seek re-election next year, saying, “I still have a passion for the city.” On this week’s episode Hizzoner also talks budget, housing, homelessness, State Street – and how it

n the eve of the “No Kings Here” nationwide mass demonstrations against the rogue Trump Administration, four leaders of Indivisible Santa Barbara discuss the plans and politics behind the local protest.

Board of Supervisors Laura Capps returns to Newsmakers TV with a warning that the Trump Administration’s proposed cuts in Medicaid and food programs not only threaten Santa Barbara’s most economically vulnerable citizen.

On this week’s episode, Nick Welsh untangles the latest legal and political developments in the long-running saga of the Sable Offshore oil pipeline re-start

It’s a Three Amigos edition of Newsmakers TV, as Nick Welsh and Josh Molina join the genial host for a jaunt through the biggest local news stories in Santa Barbara, including the blockbuster vote by the Board of Supervisors

It’s a Three Amigos edition of Newsmakers TV, as Nick Welsh and Josh Molina join the genial host for a jaunt through the biggest local news stories in Santa Barbara, including the blockbuster vote by the Board of Supervisors

anta Barbara novelist Jane Hulse returns to Newsmakers for a conversation about her just-out second book, “Outcasts of Essex,” a work that carries on the saga of Sarah Bennett,

Sheriff Bill Brown skipped a hearing of the Board of Supervisors this week, where a large crowd charged he is cooperating with federal immigration authorities,

Newsmakers’ All-Star Panel of Veteran Political Pundits returns to dissect Trump’s first 100 days

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

The biggest mystery arising from this week’s big Coastal Commission meeting, which ended with an $18 million fine levied against Sable Offshore

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

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

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

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

The battle over re-opening the pipeline that ruptured and caused the Refugio oil spill remains unsettled,

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.

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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

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Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse and City Council member Meagan Harmon join our all-star panel of top local journalists

In the third installment of our “Standing Up to Trump” series, Assembly member Gregg Hart joins Newsmakers for an in-depth and detailed conversation.

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

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

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.

On a new edition of Newsmakers TV, Josh Molina breaks down that shocker moment at the Montecito Planning Commission,

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,

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

Pedro Nava, chair of California’s good government Little Hoover Commission, dissects and analyzes the state’s homeowner insurance crisis

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

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,

Host of Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts Author of "Behind Closed Doors" Ken Khachigian

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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

Measure p is a bond issue relating to SBCC funding; watch articulate proponents and opponents advocate their points of view

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

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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.

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

Goleta City Council member James Kyriaco joins the panel this week to answer some tough questions about the traffic mess

Newsmakers With Jerry Roberts: Kelly Mcadoo

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On this week’s edition, the Newsmakers gang turns skeptical eyes on local government’s efforts to arrest climate change.

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

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Newsmakers With Jerry Roberts

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NewsMakers with Jerry Robertson

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

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

Political writer and Kamala Harris biographer Dan Morain returns to Newsmakers.

Supervisor Laura Capps returns to Newsmakers for a conversation with Josh Molina and the genial host.

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Newsmakers With Jerry Roberts

Newsmakers With Jerry Roberts

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Josh Molina, Callie Fausey and Lily Dallow join the panel on this week’s episode of Newsmakers TV,

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Newsmakers With Jerry Roberts

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