I thought about this as happy waves of nostalgia washed over me as Suzanne Vega took the stage of the Lobero and began her set with “Marlene on the Wall.” The 1980s hit took me right back to my years ...

When my neighbor, Kristen Sneddon, invited me to read poetry at her Mayoral Campaign Kick-off, I did not hesitate to say Yes. I remember when she canvassed the neighborhood during her 2017 City ...

Her dreams have a relentless habit of coming true. For a long time now, Barnard has dreamt about launching a food truck operation that sells food raised and prepared by the clients living in one of ...

Carolina Duron Angeles, a junior at Laguna Blanca, received the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports award at Monday’s press luncheon ...

If you flip over a over a physical version of our paper and open up the real estate section, you’ll find lots of beautiful homes for sale across Santa ...

The Wyatts had donated $5,000 and $25,000 to the clinic before, but this is by far the biggest donation they’ve given and the biggest the new clinics have received. With inflation, tariffs, and cost ...

Lamb takes center-table for this annual full-animal affair; plus, support Women Winemakers this weekend and stories you may have missed.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SCA is proud to support our friends at UCSB’s California NanoSystems Institute and the Pacific Coast Business Times on March ...

It seems there’s no escaping the romantasy genre these days. I’m normally a terrible skeptic of the romance genre and all its branches, as much as I wish I liked it. I held out as long as I could, but ...

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Goleta, CA – Local Dos Pueblos High School-based robotics team, Octobots Robotics makes it into the top ten at the ...

Tim Dougherty, a communications executive with deep ties to the area’s nonprofit sector, has been appointed interim ...