SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Crews are working nonstop at the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Sharehouse. "Busy with just trying to understand these uncertainties with federal cuts," said chief ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - John McGrath of Santa Barbara is cooking up a big dream. “My hope is to eventually maybe have a successful restaurant somewhere," said McGrath. In order to make his dream ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

But, wow, the initial nausea was so worth it. It completely dissipated by the time we set sail into the Santa Barbara Channel ...

Margaret (Peg) Betterly Robinson, 66, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, while on vacation in Lenox, Massachusetts. Peg was born in the Panama Canal Zone, where her father was stationed ...

Neighborhood merchants not only give a community personality but provide services we all need that aren’t flashy or glamorous ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

The best way to get around Santa Barbara is on foot. Most of the main attractions, shops and restaurants are all located within a 3-mile radius in the downtown area. Santa Barbara is also known ...

California’s attorney general has urgently warned customers of 23andMe to purge their genetic data from the company’s databases over uncertainty where it may end up if the firm goes bankrupt ...

McCarthy recalled a moment when she mentioned something about Katy Perry, who Barbara Walters had “just interviewed” for a special. Once the “Fireworks” singer was named, McCarthy claimed ...

Bush, 43, tells USA TODAY. The NBC News correspondent worked with her twin sister, Barbara Pierce Bush, on Monday and welcomes her back Tuesday. For the rest of the week, she'll be joined by ...

In August of that year, Ceretti and DiCaprio were spotted on an ice cream date in Santa Barbara, Calif. One month later, they were seen getting hot and heavy in Ibiza, Spain, making out in a club.