In a landscape where neighborhoods meet wilderness within minutes, Santa Barbara’s Search and Rescue team is often the safety ...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) brought together community leaders, ...

The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association (DSBIA) has announced the return of its signature event, the 24th Annual LIVE ...

Nominations are now open for the 2026 City of Santa Barbara Business in Art Award, which recognizes local businesses that support artists and strengthen the city’s cultural life. Community members are ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge in L.T. et al. v.

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It’s close to midnight on a warm, spring Saturday, and The Rack is bustling. Voices chatter and billiards balls smack over an upbeat Latin pop song. Meagan Soloff, owner and general manager of the ...

City Council votes to apply for Sphere of Influence over Glen Annie Golf Course and South Patterson tracts, which the county recently rezoned as residential.

Several blocks of the City of Santa Barbara’s main roadway across the Riviera is slated to close between Monday, March 23, through to the end of April while Public Works replaces a water main, weather ...

Goleta says the ordinance will help preserve senior housing while park owners allege it is discriminatory against families.

When the Sphinx Virtuosi came on the scene in 2004, the presence of Black and Latinx composers and musicians in the classical music sphere — a dedicated focus of the group — was much smaller than it ...

To date, the Fire Marshal has withheld final restart approval, explaining that Sable has not completed all the pipeline ...