Santa Barbara News-Press coverage
News-Press Mess: from 2006 to Present
(archived older section with complete coverage is here)
Mark One for McCaw
Federal appeals court hands News-Press owner major legal win. Read story.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
NLRB Rules Against News-Press Again
Finds Santa Barbara's daily paper was bargaining in bad faith. Read story.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Ampersand Publishing Owes Jerry Roberts More Money
Attorney’s fees tab now up to nearly $1.1 million; Roberts expects to collect $750,000 by end of August. Read story.
Originally published 11:00 a.m., August 9, 2012
Updated 12:00 p.m., August 10, 2012
Barry Cappello Sues Wendy McCaw
The prominent Santa Barbara attorney sues the notorious newspaper owner over unpaid legal bills. Read story.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Court Rejects Wendy McCaw Appeal
Former editor Jerry Roberts plans to seek around $1 million in legal fees. Read story.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Editor Wins, McCaw Loses
News-Press owner ordered to pay Jerry Roberts $900,000 in attorney’s fees. Read story.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Court Hears Jerry Roberts Case
News-Press litigation is still wending through the legal system. Read story.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
NLRB Orders News-Press to Reinstate Fired Reporters
Owner Wendy McCaw already begins appeals process. Read story.
Originally published 2:00 p.m., August 11, 2011
Updated 4:00 p.m., August 11, 2011
Rally Marks Year Five of News-Press Mess
As legal complaints languish in court, former staffers and union supporters lambast owner Wendy McCaw. Read story.
Friday, July 29, 2011
What Gag Order?
Peter Lance, News-Press off the hook for defying judge. Read story.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Police Officer Demands Retraction
Her attorneys describe newspaper series as “offensive, irresponsible, and tortuous.” Read story.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Lance Attorney's Response to Officer's Retraction Request
Sent Wednesday, July 13 Read story.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Peter Lance's Retraction Request Letter to The Independent
Sent Tuesday, July 5. Read story.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
News-Press Statement in Response to Beutel's Retraction Request
Sent Tuesday, July 12 Read story.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Five Years Since the News-Press Meltdown Began
What was once a proud, fine small-city newspaper cannot even be called a newspaper any longer, not because we’re not there but because journalistic standards don’t exist on De la Plaza any longer. Read story.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Fired News-Pressers Don't Get Jobs Back, Yet
Ninth Circuit denies rehearing of Teamsters' injunction request; eight former employees still in legal limbo. Read story.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Judge Rules Against News-Press Again
Anderson orders that illegally fired workers get rehired with back pay. Read story.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Copies of Citizen McCaw to be Distributed Throughout Country
Nearly 500 university journalism programs across the nation will soon be receiving educationally enhanced DVD copies of Citizen McCaw, the documentary that covered the meltdown at the Santa Barbara News-Press. Read story.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
News-Press Owner Prevails
Court rules workers’ journalistic integrity threatens McCaw’s free speech. Read story.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Justice Crawls, Fired Reporters Wait
A Teamsters Web site article by former News-Press reporter Dawn Hobbs updates the saga. Read story.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
News-Press Trial Taking a Break
Handwritten notes from the bargaining table are virtually illegible, creating impasse. Read story.
Friday, July 17, 2009
News-Press Lays Off 15
It's the second year in a row that the paper let go of workers on May Day. Read story.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Roberts Prevailing over McCaw
The arbitrator has spoken, and Wendy McCaw doesn't like it. Read story.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Jerry Roberts Beating Wendy McCaw
News-Press owner's attorneys seek new arbitrator after first one rules in former editor's favor. Read story.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
News-Press' Don Katich Explains Lay-Offs
Daily paper's director of news operations discusses December 3 cuts, closure of Goleta Valley Voice. Read story.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wendy McCaw Shuts Down Goleta Valley Voice
News-Press owner kills weekly Goleta paper in latest round of cutbacks. Read story.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Santa Barbara and News-Press Ownership Settle Lawsuit
City agrees Brown Act violations may have occurred; no fines involved. Read story.
Originally published 2:54 p.m., October 28, 2008
Updated 10:44 a.m., October 29, 2008
News-Press Trial Rolls On
The hearings roll on for the Santa Barbara News-Press. Read story.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Shameless News-Press Breaks Out the Kiddie Porn
On Sunday, the News-Press suggested that former editor Jerry Roberts downloaded child pornography to his work computer. Roberts responded at an afternoon press conference. Read story.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Taking It to the Overpass: News-Press staff protest
On Friday morning, the organized newsroom and former employees of the News-Press hung a banner on Highway 101 from the Anapamu Street footbridge. See more photos of the event inside. Read story.
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