Last month the California Coastal Commission heard public comments regarding the Department of Air Force application for ...

An uptick in vague, social media–based threats to schools is scaring parents across the country, including in Santa Barbara ...

The UC Santa Barbara Faculty Association is not joining individual chapters from other UC campuses in the complaint over UC’s ...

A deep dive reviewed by the Independent found that Gutierrez was absent or late to 71 meetings between February 2021 and July ...

Homeowner Jennifer MacLeod is hard at work carefully restoring this century-old home at 408 De la Vina Street. She was hoping ...

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Santa Barbara Unified says 12 of the district’s 14 solar sites are now online, with Dos Pueblos and San Marcos high schools ...

It is also a fact that most buyers didn’t pay much attention to their agent’s commission, as it generally was taken from the seller’s proceeds. Out of sight, out of mind. Yet this year’s rulings in ...

The hearing was the last for comments before environmental review takes place, as the city takes a 20-year look at ...

Take note, America. We need to face reality. Our country is under attack. Our border is under attack. And now former president Donald Trump is under attack. This is insane. Who is protecting our ...

For decades, Santa Barbara was said to be the only county in which law enforcement officers were not empowered to write 5150 ...

Proponents of this legislation — the three South County supervisors — note that natural gas leaves a much larger carbon ...