Lillian Perlmutter of the Santa Barbara News-Press joins the gang on this week’s episode, to break down how she put together her explosive investigative report showing the number of ICE arrests in and around the county jails is much higher than previously known, while Callie Fausey explains the controversy behind the federal government’s approval of a 20-year license extension for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, and Josh Molina sifts the contentious policy and politics that shaped this week’s epic City Council meeting over rent control. Plus: the genial host rants about Oscar Gutierrez twiddling his little fidget toy while allegedly doing the public’s business.

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On this week’s episode, the Three Amigos discuss the two most consequential ways the Trump regime inflicts damage and pain on Santa Barbara County, as Nick Welsh reprises his latest reporting in the Independent about Sable Offshore, the rogue oil company that has restarted pumping offshore oil through a disputed and antiquated pipeline that already has caused one major local spill, and Josh Molina breaks down a blockbuster News-Press.com investigation that shows how cooperation between Sheriff Bill Brown and ICE on immigration deportations has been closer than previously known. Plus: reflections on the latest “No Kings” demonstrations.