What began as a stack of DoorDash gift cards became a mission to spotlight Santa Barbara restaurants and the people behind ...

I’ve been a frequent diner at Dom’s Taverna since it opened late last summer on East Victoria Street, an easy walk from the ...

Scaling the Walls,’ Gracing the Walls of Channing Peake and City Hall Galleries, celebrates the long-standing culture and new ...

The most recent Angry Poodle rant begins with “the dumbest idea you ever heard” and then examines the idea of hacking up S.B. Muni.

The Trump administration cancelled $2 billion of research grants to University of California professors. Their legal team says it has proof that those terminations were unconstitutional.

The Santa Barbara Foresters captured an 8-0 mercy-rule victory over the Great Bend Bat Cats on Friday in their NBC World Series opener. The Foresters, 10-time tournament champions, collected RBIs from ...

Serving UC Santa Barbara as UCPD Interim Chief of Police since July 2025, Matthew Bly, a UCSB graduate and 20-year veteran of ...

Omar Briceno-Quijano, dubbed a “walk-away” by officials, was housed in an adjacent minimum-security camp for low-risk inmates ...

The project is designed to understand how small home improvements can impact comfort, air quality, and energy efficiency ...

When moral concerns eventually led to a staggered abolition of chattel slavery, colonial powers turned to indentured laborers ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Travelers on Highway 192 in Carpinteria will encounter a full overnight closure Monday, July 27. This ...

The California Department of Public Health recommends families ensure students are up to date on routine vaccinations before ...