This is Welcome to Isla Vista. I’m Christina McDermott. I cover housing for the Santa Barbara Independent. As a housing reporter, I write a lot about Isla Vista. There is, simply, a lot to write about ...

Comedy fans join us for a performance of Luis Moro’s upcoming special “Raising America”. An award-winning filmmaker and ...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and more will be honored at the 41st edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which announced its full 2026 program on Wednesday.

As an avid traveler, I spend a lot of time exploring new destinations, and I rarely reach for the word “perfect.” Still, Santa Barbara may be the closest I’ve come to finding a place that truly ...

Storm flooding hinders drivers in Old Town Goleta on Saturday at Fairview and Hollister avenues. Many local roads were flooded during heavy rains, and some highways and mountain roads were closed for ...

Coronation Street actress Tanisha Gorey, who plays Asha Alahan in the soap opera, says it is a "privilege" and an "honour" to be involved in "a slice of soap history" as two long-running UK soap ...

Trevor A. Toussaint, known for his role as Walter Deveraux on the British soap opera “Hollyoaks,” has died at age 65, Parade reports. His death was confirmed on Saturday in an Instagram post by Kéllé ...

Did TV host Johnny Carson comfort dying woman Barbara Martinez while taping the March 17, 1983, episode of NBC's Tonight Show ...

All these years after Home Alone was first released, fans still feel a connection to the McCallister family, evidenced by the outpouring of tributes following the news of O'Hara's death in January ...

It appears the Dow Jones Industrial Average was on Santa's nice list, while the S & P 500 was deemed naughty by the man in the North Pole. The "Santa Claus rally" period — which stretches from the ...

Though she’s only been on Young and Restless for a few months, Tamara Braun has managed to pack in a whole lot of drama as Sienna Bacall, a woman who discovered that the man she was married to was not ...