The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa ...

[Update: July 7, 2024, 1 p.m.] A Red Cross evacuation shelter has opened in Solvang at the Veterans Memorial, 1745 Mission ...

I appreciate the Indy‘s interesting article on the State Street plan, however, it might be helpful to everyone involved if a broad based survey was taken that asks one simple question: “How often do ...

A wildfire that broke out Friday afternoon near Zaca Lake north of Los Olivos has burned more than 4,600 acres as of Saturday ...

An evacuation warning remains in effect for Figueroa Mountain Road to the Chamberlin Ranch to the west. Residents of areas ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa ...

There is perhaps nothing more counterproductive in public policy than when good people promote policies that have the ...

Homeless people and their advocates say the decision criminalizes poor people who have no other options, for simply existing.

The main purpose of the county’s grant money, said the Public Health Communications Team, is to encourage the development of ...

Chancellor Henry Yang, who served with distinction for several decades but utterly failed to protect UCSB’s Jewish students, ...

Russ Lazarenko and friends continue to show support for Ukraine from corner of San Roque and State Street more than two years ...

The excessive heat warnings never quite materialized into much more than overcast skies, but that didn’t stop Santa Barbara ...