and get the 4-1-1 from current students about the best tacos to try next time you’re near UC Santa Barbara. You’ll meet more fascinating alumni making their marks in myriad ways. Our cover feature ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. UC Santa Barbara has been awarded $791,611 in federal funding to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety in the City of Santa ...

Santa Barbara lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. In addition to being a popular tourist and resort destination, the city boasts a diverse economy which is ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. With the fall quarter nearing its start date, student move-in activities at UC Santa Barbara will impact traffic and parking ...

The house, a French palace on a Santa Barbara bluff, stands as undisturbed as a crime scene, a pair of unstrung harps in the music room, china laid out on the dinner table, waves crashing on East ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

A Santa Barbara woman took her mail theft problems into her own hands and used an AirTag locator to help catch the alleged thieves. Monday morning, a woman called the Santa Barbara County Sheriff ...

ISLA VISTA, Calif. – On Thursday, the UC Santa Barbara Police Department issued a campus warning about a reported rape and strangulation at on-campus housing on Wednesday, Aug. 21 around 1 a.m ...

Credit: Pool photo President Joe Biden and his family have ended their five-day stay in Santa Barbara County. When the president’s motorcade made its way along Santa Ynez Valley roads on Sunday ...

For the “work hard, play hard” students out there, this one is for you. Education research and ranking site Niche has released its round up of the top party schools in the United States for ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A prescribed burn at UC Santa Barbara sent smoke into the sky around the campus today. It is part of a multi-year program to burn off weeds and invasive plants. From there ...

Tonight will remain dry with clear spells and a few patches of cloud. Winds will ease for many overnight. Monday A sunny start early tomorrow morning but it will soon cloud over from the west ...