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TV Santa Barbara
TV Santa Barbara provides means for diverse communities to tell their stories, hear each other’s stories, and create new stories together. By providing virtual and physical spaces for individuals and organizations to come together, TVSB creates pathways to collaborate, build relationships, and strengthen our community. Our mission is to empower people to grow as a community by making media that matters.
Episodes
TV Santa BarbaraPundits Panel | Newsmakers with JR
Our All Star Panel of National Political Pundits returns, as veteran journalist Carla Marinucci, author Dan Morain and media strategist Bill Carrick join the…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
Our All-Star Panel of Top Local Journalists roves through the full range of politics and public policy stories animating Santa Barbara this week, as Nick Welsh…
TV Santa BarbaraDr. Peter Marks | Newsmakers with JR
In an exclusive interview, celebrated public health leader Dr. Peter Marks joins Newsmakers for a far-ranging conversation about the clear and present danger…
TV Santa BarbaraGreg Hart | Newsmakers with JR
Assembly member Gregg Hart returns to Newsmakers TV to discuss his just-passed milestone legislation requiring the rogue Sable oil company to undergo full…
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Three Amigos | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
On this week’s edition, our all-star panel of top local journalists checks in with a batch of scoops,, as Nick Welsh reprises his reporting on the closing of…
TV Santa BarbaraMonique Limón | Newsmakers with JR
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, by…
TV Santa BarbaraSusan Salcido | Newsmakers with JR
On a special “Back to School” edition, Santa Barbara Country Superintendent of Schools Superintendent Susan Salcido returns to Newsmakers TV for a conversation…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraNick Welsh | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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 – what the…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraMark Barabak | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraSalud Carbajal | Newsmakers with JR
An outraged Rep. Salud Carbajal returns to Newsmakers TV with a full, detailed account of his confrontation with federal immigration officials in Carpinteria…
TV Santa BarbaraChris Meagher | Newsmakers with JR
Chris Meagher made his bones in Santa Barbara, as both a newspaper hack and a political flack, and over the past two decades built a successful career and a…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
It’s a special Three Amigos edition, as Nick Welsh and Josh Molina join the genial host to mark the 501st episode of Newsmakers TV, with a wide-roaming…
TV Santa BarbaraBarney Brantingham | Newsmakers With JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraIndivisible SB | Newsmakers with JR
On the eve of the “No Kings Here” nationwide mass demonstrations against the rogue Trump Administration, four leaders of Indivisible Santa Barbara discuss the…
TV Santa BarbaraLaura Capps | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraCommunity Conversations | Dr Gaylee Beebe | President Westmont College
Community Conversations | Dr Gaylee Beebe | President Westmont College
TV Santa Barbara805 Focus | Storytellers Children Center | Dr Gabriella Garcia
805 Focus | Storytellers Children Center | Dr Gabriella Garcia
TV Santa BarbaraCommunity Conversations | Kelly McAdoo | City Administrator
Community Conversations | Kelly McAdoo | City Administrator
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraNewswell's BJ Terhune | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJane Hulse | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraNational Pundit Panel | Newsmakers With Jerry Roberts
Newsmakers’ All-Star Panel of Veteran Political Pundits returns to dissect Trump’s first 100 days, as strategist Bill Carrick and political journalists Carla…
TV Santa BarbaraPeter Rupert | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraGreen Guide: Vicki Riskin & Marianne Partridge | Newsmakers with JR
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 the…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalist Panel | Newsmakers with JR
The biggest mystery arising from this week’s big Coastal Commission meeting, which ended with an $18 million fine levied against Sable Offshore, concerns the…
TV Santa BarbaraRent Control | Newsmakers with JR
Brian 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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
Public opposition is building to the re-opening of the offshore oil pipeline that ruptured and caused the 2015 Refugio spill and Nick Welsh on this week’s…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
Amid a recent batch of high-profile and contentious county government decisions, Gwyn Lurie returns to Newsmakers TV to recount her conversation about them…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with JR
The battle over re-opening the pipeline that ruptured and caused the Refugio oil spill remains unsettled, despite an epic hearing before the Board of…
TV Santa BarbaraSheila Lodge | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
Former Mayor Sheila Lodge, who recently retired from the Santa Barbara Planning Commission after 36 years as a local government official, returns to discuss…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
Liberal firebrand and ex-state lawmaker Hannah Beth Jackson joins the gang to reprise last weekend's extraordinary Santa Barbara town hall convened in…
TV Santa BarbaraMark Z Barabak | Newsmakers with JR
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
Fear, panic and uncertainty are rampant in Santa Barbara’s Latino community amid Donald Trump’s demagoguery over mass deportations, Ryan P. Cruz explains on…
TV Santa BarbaraMi-Ai Perrish | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
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…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalist Panel | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
Despite its huge wealth, Santa Barbara County has the second highest poverty level among California’s 58 counties, a new report shows, and Ryan P. Cruz…
TV Santa BarbaraJournalists Panel | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
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…
TV Santa BarbaraPedro Nava | Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts
Pedro Nava, chair of California’s good government Little Hoover Commission, dissects and analyzes the state’s homeowner insurance crisis, which his agency…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | Therapy Dogs of Santa Barbara
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to discuss their mission and the…
TV Santa BarbaraNewsmakers with Jerry Roberts | Salud Carbajal
Rep. Salud Carbajal checks in from the snow-bound steppes of Washington D.C. to preview the coming political year, describing how “depressing” it was to watch…
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The 805 Focus | Domestic Violence Solutions
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to discuss their mission and the…
TV Santa BarbaraNewsmakers with Jerry Roberts | New Years Rockin Eve
Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse and his arch-foil, City Council member Meagan Harmon (aided by Andrew, her impossibly cute young squire) join our All-Star…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to discuss their mission and the…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | ShelterBox
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to discuss their mission and the…
TV Santa BarbaraNewsmakers with Jerry Roberts | Gregg Hart
In the third installment of our “Standing Up to Trump” series, Assembly member Gregg Hart joins Newsmakers for an in-depth and detailed conversation about how…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | The Santa Barbara Audubon Society
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to discuss their mission and the…
TV Santa BarbaraNewsmakers with Jerry Roberts | Monique Limon
In the second of our “Standing Up to Trump” series, Newsmakers interviews state Senator Monique Limon about the emergency special session of the Legislature…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | The Horse Project
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to discuss their mission and the…
TV Santa BarbaraNewsmakers with Jerry Roberts | Linda Krop
Episode 468! Nine years after an aging oil pipeline failed, triggering a huge spill at Refugio State Beach, a little-known Texas oil company is seeking to…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | The Fish Reef Project
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to discuss their mission and the…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | Community Arts Music Association
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair, along with co-host Greg Gorga, began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to…
TV Santa BarbaraThe 805 Focus! | Healing Justice
Local community leader, Cynder Sinclair, along with co-host Greg Gorga, began hosting The 805 Focus! ten years ago. Sinclair invites nonprofit leaders to…