Two major earthquakes shook communities and flattened homes in Afghanistan over the past week, prompting relief efforts from ...

A viral video posted by a former employee of Santa Barbara clinic shows workers posing around patients’ bodily fluids.

SANTA YNEZ, CA — August 29, 2025 — The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians donated three original works of art to the Buellton ...

Three hometown creatives were there when the New York Giants selected quarterback Jaxson Dart in the first round.

Eddie Vedder, Kings of Leon, Hozier, Leon Bridges, Green Day, and Cage the Elephant are among the headliners at the festival ...

ON the Windows File this one in the “at long last” section — this week the Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association ...

Only 10 days to go for the September 11-21, 2025, incomparable, stupendous, colossal Planned Parenthood Book Sale at the Earl ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service.

Across town on the same day, Bond Fitness hosted its own community event to raise money and awareness for 805 UndocuFund. Bond Fitness co-owner Jenny Schatzle said the event was a way to counter the ...

OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today responded to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California 1) ...

Jerry Boylan has yet to serve his four-year prison sentence after being convicted of “seaman’s manslaughter” in the 2019 Labor Day boat fire that killed 34.

As the season for fall respiratory illnesses approaches, the County of Santa Barbara Health Department (County Health) ...