The development team has threatened to sue the city after its application for the 270-unit housing project was deemed ...

Santa Barbara City Councilman Eric Friedman is soon to return to light duties after suffering a heart attack on April 5, ...

Grant honed his farming strategy on serving the Santa Barbara farmers’ markets every week since 2002. “By serving the same community gathering week upon week, I feel success is a relationship that we ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Santa Barbara County Animal Services launched a new emergency livestock registry. In order to strengthen current wildfire protection efforts, the county launched the Animal ...

Dear Eric: My mom, 75, has been living with me and my husband for five years. One day she said she was selling her house and said she was moving in with me. She had always talked about it ...

Boats float around Lake Cachuma. Santa Barbara County is exploring how to change the rule that prevents visitors from swimming in the reservoir. Credit: Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo The long ...

DEAR ERIC: My adult son “Aaron” has been using drugs (meth) for the past two years. Thankfully he has finally quit, but the drugs were replaced with alcohol. He turns to me for help constantly ...

DEAR ERIC: Thirty years ago, at the age of 29, I was sent by my missionary organization to South America. There, I met three middle-aged lady volunteers: Mary, Jane and Beth. Since I didn’t ...

Dear Eric: Thirty years ago, at the age of 29, I was sent by my missionary organization to South America. There, I met three middle-aged lady volunteers: Mary, Jane and Beth. Since I didn’t ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - “I’m very excited to have found my prom dress. it’s so pretty!" said Senior Jasmine Odair, as she held the dress she will be wearing to her senior prom. High school ...

In 2015, an oil pipeline burst off the coast of Santa Barbara County. Over 450,000 gallons of heavy crude spilled into the surrounding environment, spreading out across 136 miles of coastline. Now, a ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. April 22, 2025 (SANTA BARBARA, CALIF) – The Community Environmental Council and its festival producer, CarpEvents, are ...