Santa Barbara High boys golf edged out Santa Ynez in a non-league match on Wednesday at Alisal River Course, a par 72. The Dons finished the day at 383 as a team while the Pirates carded a ...

Santa Ynez High baseball earned an 8-3 victory over Carpinteria High on Friday in Santa Ynez. The Pirates’ win on Friday resulted in a split series for ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA YNEZ, CA – April 15, 2025 – The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ Environmental Department will host its annual free ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On July 28th, 1980, Anthony Rodriguez’ life changed forever. It was the day he became the victim of abuse at the hands of his uncle in Santa Barbara. “It started when ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Santa Barbara County District Attorney John Savrnoch says violent crime has risen county-wide. "Jails are expensive. I mean, the debt that is the reality. So our ...

Alcohol makes you impaired, and it puzzles me why teenagers decide to drive after drinking. Innocent lives have been injured or killed because of behavior like this.

Residents of Santa Maria, Lompoc, Vandenberg Space Force Base and the Santa Ynez Valley are asked to leave non-perishable food donations in a bag by their mailbox on Saturday, May 10, for letter ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

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He may best be known for his property management company St. George and Associates, a mega-renter to college students in Santa Barbara and Isla Vista. He is a polarizing and well-known figure in ...

Barbara Brocolli, “Bond” producer and BFI fellow, will join the American board alongside “Monty Python” filmmaker Terry Gilliam, Varo Money Inc.’s Colin Walsh, Deborah Schindler ...

However, in the infamous Mehul Choksi saga, one of the most notable twists was what he claims to be an elaborate 'honey-trap and abduction plot' involving a Hungarian woman named Barbara Jabarika.