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James Fallows

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James Fallows is a national correspondent for the Atlantic and the author of Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy and China Airborne. He was the chief speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter.

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While thousands of firefighters were out battling the Thomas Fire in southern Santa Barbara County back in December, a historic gift of pristine coastline was taking place upshore.

A newly protected stretch of coastline in Santa Barbara

While thousands of firefighters were out battling the Thomas Fire in southern Santa Barbara County back in December, a historic gift of pristine coastline was taking place upshore.

from The 805

America's mass shootings are getting deadlier, and Sunday's atrocity in Las Vegas was the deadliest yet; it involved automatic weapons.

Guns: prayer or politics… or both?

America's mass shootings are getting deadlier, and Sunday's atrocity in Las Vegas was the deadliest yet; it involved automatic weapons.

from To the Point

So many of his Department's top jobs are still unfilled that Rex Tillerson seems like a lonely Secretary of State, and as a diplomat, he's an amateur.

Is America's "pivot to Asia" a thing of the past?

So many of his Department's top jobs are still unfilled that Rex Tillerson seems like a lonely Secretary of State, and as a diplomat, he's an amateur.

from To the Point

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from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The president of Santa Barbara City College announces his retirement as students fume about how he handled disputes over race and gender.

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Shopping the Santa Barbara Farmers Market isn’t just for vegetarians.

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Not ‘witch hunt.’

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President Trump today declared a national emergency to get funding for his border wall. California Gov.

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President Trump asked for unity from a newly divided Congress--which has more women than ever before.

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President Trump is delivering his State of the Union address, which the White House says will outline a "policy agenda both parties can rally behind."

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Tensions flare in the town of Carpinteria over the smell of pot.

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