From left, Jean McDermott Ferguson, Owen Aylesworth and Ernestine Toma make up the Wood Glen 100 Club. The club is for residents of Wood Glen Senior Living who are over 100 years old. Credit: Rebecca ...

Santa Barbara's Arroyo Burro Beach was packed on Tuesday. Areas along California's coast, from Paso Robles to downtown Los Angeles, broke March 17 heat records. Credit: Evelyn Spence / Noozhawk photo ...

The Santa Barbara City Council is considering a proposal to impose a new transfer tax on high-value property sales as the City looks for ways to address a growing budget gap. Under the proposal, ...

Acing the golden rule of real estate (location, location, location), the recently renovated property offers fun in the sun for the whole family. By Stacia Datskovska If you purchase an independently ...

The Santa Barbara Independent released an eight-minute-long video of an arrest by federal immigration agents that took place in Santa Barbara last Friday. The video, shared by an anonymous source, ...

Around 10,000 people drive from Ventura County to Santa Barbara County every weekday for work. Their only current transit option is a bus route. The new service is set to launch in late April or early ...

The Santa Barbara Police Department is investigating a homicide that took place at Bohnett Park in Santa Barbara. Around 1:31 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a report of a shooting at the park ...

Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson lit up the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday, strolling hand in hand on the red carpet in matching blush-pink dresses. Hudson, crowned the festival’s ...

As the Santa Barbara Film Festival wraps up its 41st edition, the jury has selected this year’s winning films. During a ceremony Saturday at El Encanto, SBIFF announced the winners of the 2026 ...

A well-known Santa Barbara couple died mysteriously this week, leaving behind three children and a host of unanswered questions. Coffee and exotic-fruit farmers John and Kristen Ruskey were found dead ...

Tanya Spears Guiliacci was the first Black Santa Barbara native I ever met, five years into living in this city. We met through my job at the Independent, the only two Black people working in our ...