TV Santa Barbara

In a special, extra edition of Newsmakers TV, a dozen former colleagues and friends of Barney Brantingham meet online to offer memories, reflections and funny stories about the great Santa Barbara city columnist, who recently died at 93. Drawn from the SB News-Press diaspora, the group represents a gathering of the local journalism tribe, as they remember Barney as “the heart of the newsroom” who “loved Santa Barbara more than anybody I know.”

Community Conversations | Dr Gaylee Beebe | President Westmont College

805 Focus | Storytellers Children Center | Dr Gabriella Garcia

Community Conversations | Kelly McAdoo | City Administrator

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, Josh Molina discusses why that eight-story blockbuster development aimed at the Mission won’t go away, and Ryan P. Cruz reprises the heart-breaking public service for three Dos Pueblos High School students killed in a tragic crash. Plus: a new shopping and dining hot spot in Carp, a look back 100 years at the earthquake that re-shaped the city and all the latest from the pizza and donut beat.

On a special Press Clips edition of Newsmakers TV. B.J. Terhune, California Managing Editor for the local news non-profit Newswell, joins the genial host for a conversation updating the project to “reimagine” the Santa Barbara News-Press and relaunch it as an online site, with all the latest on staffing, timing, planning and more.

Santa 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, an independent-minded teenager navigating the personal and political cross-currents of Revolutionary War Era New Hampshire, introduced in her first book of historical fiction, “Prisoner of Wallabout Bay.” Hulse now is writing a third volume in the series, and her books not only showcase the author’s elegant writing style, but also reflect her deep knowledge and lifelong appreciation for the history of the New England small towns where she was born and raised.

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, as Nick Welsh returns to Newsmakers TV to sort through the layers of federal, state and local laws and policies behind the matter, as Callie Fausey reports good news from the Santa Barbara Unified School District where layoffs from art and music teachers were rescinded, and Josh Molina explains why the SB City Council members voted to cut their pay. Plus: local impacts of Trump to date, Nick’s latest bike crash and Josh discovers a new pizza joint.

Newsmakers’ All-Star Panel of Veteran Political Pundits returns to dissect Trump’s first 100 days, as strategist Bill Carrick and political journalists Carla Marinucci and Dan Morain discuss the impact on the economy, California and the Democratic Party of White House policies that have disrupted national security alliances around the world, safety net programs throughout the country and constitutional rights and the rule of law across the nation. Plus: the genial host gets all misty about the Federalist Papers

Economics 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, disquieting business investment and threatening recession. Plus: what this all means for California, and a discussion of how local elected officials are making the housing shortage worse.