Protest Will Wrap Around the Paper’s Building on Public
Streets
(Photos by Paul Wellman)
The protest bells shall be ringing in downtown Santa Barbara
once again this week. On Wednesday, December 6, from noon to 12:45
p.m., the journalists who remain employed at the
News-Press will be gathering with their supporters,
including fired reporter Melinda Burns (pictured), to march on State,
Anacapa, Ortega, and De la Guerra streets, encircling the
newspaper’s headquarters. 
known, will march with signs and strength around the
News-Press block, starting and ending in De la Guerra
Plaza where speakers will provide the community with an update on
their demands and plans since the newsroom voted overwhelmingly to
join the Teamsters union.
It is being billed as a “lunchtime march against Wendy McCaw,”
the paper’s owner who is now known internationally for causing the
bulk of her experienced, award-winning staff to quit. Others, such
as Burns, were fired or had their roles reduced due to their union
support and criticism of the owner’s increasing influence over what
was supposed to be objective news.