Barbara Sharp Barbara Sharp, 66, passed away peacefully at her home in Santa Barbara on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, after living ...

His good friend John Greenlee, the man who made ornamental grasses a keystone to sustainable gardening, believes that San Marcos Growers thrived due to a number of factors, including perfect timing, ...

The new restaurant will be an "ode to Portland," with over-the-top decor designed to pull in the bridge-and-tunnel crowd.

Add independent.com on Google Add the SB Independent as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Portraits. by Stephanie Baker, 1990-Present” is a joyous exhibit of black & white ...

Following Home Alone, Heard was cast in Awakenings (1990), Gladiator (1992), The Pelican Brief (1993), White Chicks (2004) ...

Businesses across the Central Coast, took a stand on Jan. 30, deciding to close for the day or donate a portion of their proceeds as part of a national protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Part of the federal government’s efforts to expand offshore oil drilling off the Southern California coast includes waters off the coast of Santa Barbara, which was the site of the largest oil spill ...

Iaorana Te Otea hosted its annual Winter Lū‘au at the Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on Jan. 24. Over 300 guests showed support ...

The magnitude of the moment went right over Linda Dorn’s head ... quite literally. UC Santa Barbara’s All-America midfielder was left awestruck when ...

A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.

The major league rules committee mandates that pitchers must have access to a rosin bag. 1971 — UCLA starts its 88-game winning streak with a 74-61 win over UC Santa Barbara.

Soap hopper John Wesley Shipp began his daytime career as promising medical student Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light.