In a decidedly fraught exchange late last week, it became painfully clear just how exasperated all five county supervisors ...

The upcoming Santa Barbara Literary Festival will transport attendees into written worlds, all while their feet are firmly ...

The community gathered at Kitiyepumu’ Park to peruse the booths of about 30 organizations, all united by a shared care for ...

The CIF playoffs are rapidly approaching, and several Santa Barbara–area teams outlined their plans to finish the regular ...

The SBCC Theatre Group loves producing a farce, and their current production, Paul Slade Smith’s Unnecessary Farce, does not ...

National Library Week kicked off with a lovely nod to one of Santa Barbara’s most beloved bibliophiles. Jace Turner received ...

While gazing northwest from Fraser Point across the daunting, roughly eight-mile-wide Santa Cruz Passage toward Santa Rosa ...

Isla Vista band The Bad Neighbors go way back, as far as birth! The band pulled up to the Independent’s HQ to talk about musical inspirations, songwriting, and all things Isla Vista.

For the next 10 days, your dollar-saving savior should be Santa Barbara Restaurant Week (SBRW), in which 11 restaurants are ...

Tuesday night’s David Byrne show at the Santa Barbara Bowl was such a special one. The guy just oozes creativity and caring — ...

Daniel Dunietz has been eating bagels his whole life. “I don’t remember my first bagel because I was eating it when I was ...

A project to install fiber optic cable along a section of Highway 192 in Carpinteria to begin Monday, April 20. Travelers ...