Santa Barbara County Supervisor Roy Lee, Buellton Mayor David Silva, Lompoc Mayor James Mosby, and Solvang Mayor David Brown join the Board as new members. The Board also approved its 2025 meeting ...

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Stephan Swenson completed a three-point play with 3:08 to play to put UCSB up 71-69 against Cal State Northridge. But the… ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — January 27, 2025 — The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, in collaboration with Earth ...

Credit: Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo Santa Barbara County now ranks second-highest in the state for its poverty rate, which affects one in six adults and one in five children. That was one of the ...

Really dry and boring, right? Wrong. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse epitomizes the Spanish-Moorish architecture that is found across the city. Completed in 1929, the complex impresses ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. – Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse was unanimously selected as 2025 Chair of the Board of Directors for Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) and Fourth District ...

A report released by Santa Barbara County Adult & Aging Network highlights the county’s shifting demographics and provides recommendations to ensure practices and policies that enable residents ...

Nearly one in six adults and one in five children in Santa Barbara County are living at, near, or below the poverty line, reality that is hard to see because of the county's affluent image ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – From dawn to dusk, Jose Alcantar and his family are focused on growing organic food at Alcantar Farms in Carpinteria. “I have my little ...

the San Onofre estate was perched atop a one-acre promontory in the Santa Monica Mountains. The opening minutes of Succession Season 4 prominently feature the mega-mansion’s winding driveway ...

(Mike Harris / PCBT Staff) Visitor-related spending in Santa Barbara County’s South Coast region was $2.24 billion in the last quarter of 2022 and the first three quarters of 2023, a market research ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have opened the doors of their luxurious Montecito mansion to friends and ... Power Shutoff (PSPS)" in parts of Santa Barbara County due to a "red flag" warning ...