Other than family and close friends, few people have a longer history with Dianne Feinstein or a better understanding of California's ailing U.S. senator than Jerry Roberts.
The former political writer and newspaper editor — now host of Santa Barbara's singular broadcast "Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts" — first covered Feinstein nearly 50 years ago.
She was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Roberts was a reporter for the city's alternative paper, the Bay Guardian.
