In its effort to get rid of the "happy ending" massage in the city, the police are proposing an ordinance revision that will unfairly impact long time local massage therapists and kill off valuable ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. – Business leaders, HR professionals and employees in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, and Goleta are invited ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (GOLETA, Calif.) – The First 5 Santa Barbara County Children and Families Commission is now accepting applications from county ...

The 1,500 feet of beach containing Carpinteria’s harbor seal rookery is one of the two remaining breeding and pupping grounds ...

Santa Barbara teen Lola Leachman admits she’s addicted to social media. “I can’t stop,” says the 16-year-old, who spends ...

Over the past several years, the Zoo has expanded its accessibility offerings to better support neurodiverse guests and their families. These efforts include sensory backpacks available for guest use, ...

This movement was first launched in Ecuador in 2008 when it established a framework of legal rights of nature: the rights of ...

One of the more renewable satisfying and sublime traditions in Santa Barbara’s classical music culture has been the ...

A fire is currently burning near a Vandenberg space launch complex. The fire is about 13 miles from Lompoc.

This centennial is a milestone birthday but also a reaffirmation of hope, action, and the power of native plants.

Octobots Robotics Team members, Uma Vulliez (Vice Captain) and Alyssa Flores show off the team's "Quality Award" at the FIRST ...

Pacific seahorses, also known as giant seahorses, are found in coastal waters ranging from the southern end of Peru to Long ...