The reality is that e-bikes are the missing link in how we get from A to B and should be embraced as such. They neutralize ...

Fever’s Candlelight concert series is set to light up the The New Vic / Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara to host special Halloween-themed ...

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The City Council held a public hearing on these matters at its meeting last night, September 17, 2024. The Council approved the draft CAPER and authorized staff to submit it to HUD. Watch the meeting ...

The “Grand Paseo” framework, as city staff have taken to calling it in favor of “promenade,” was presented by the team of ...

This week, we are celebrating 25 years with our Senior Editor Matt Kettmann! You often see him in our pages bringing you food ...

As Planet Earth just concluded yet another “hottest summer” in recorded history, Santa Barbara county supervisors fell to ...

For decades, Santa Barbara was said to be the only county in which law enforcement officers were not empowered to write 5150 ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map ...

Last week, the Santa Barbara–based, Mexico City–trained chef Richard Lambert — who we have written about many times going ...

Kai Mault of Santa Barbara High football and Halle Rillie of Dos Pueblos High girls’ volleyball were honored as the Santa ...