The Grace Fisher Foundation and the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative are the recipients of the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture’s 2025 Santa Barbara Business in Art Award. The ...

Just a day into autumn and Santa Barbara is seeing another forecast for rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. The National Weather Service is reporting chances of rain and thunderstorms throughout the county ...

Santa Barbara is down half its 24-hour emergency veterinary hospitals, leaving pet owners with fewer options and other clinics with higher workloads. The VCA Care Specialty and Emergency Animal ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is pleased to welcome the community to its upcoming Maritime ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) — The Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services is facing imminent layoffs. This comes as the county is looking to address a multi-million dollar budget deficit ...

It was an intimate one-night- only show and the kick off to his 2025 “Got Back” Tour. The Bowl used a lottery system through its ticketing provider AXS to make sure tickets went into the hands of ...

About 260 passengers were on an Amtrak train that collided with a truck crossing the tracks west of Santa Maria on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2025. The injured truck driver was transported to Marian ...

But for Sir Paul, even (or especially) at age 83, there’s always a way to take an audience higher. So as his keyboard player plunked out the song’s lovably lopsided lick, McCartney and his band ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Thousands of patients in Santa Barbara County are ...

A potentially dangerous situation at Righetti High School was quickly resolved on Monday when a School Resource Deputy confiscated a loaded handgun from a student, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s ...

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have tied the knot! The "Hands to Myself" singer, 33, and the prolific pop producer, 37, officially wed at a ceremony in Santa Barbara on Saturday, following two years of ...

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are officially husband and wife after tying the knot in a romantic ceremony. Gomez revealed the news via Instagram Saturday evening, as she shared a carousel of images ...