The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $240,000 in emergency funding from cannabis tax revenues to expand mental health services at the Immigrant Legal Defense Center.

The soap star, best known for his roles in “General Hospital,” “Santa Barbara” and Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” died on June 22, in Burbank, Calif.

Thrifty Beaches selects Santa Barbara for second store following Instagram poll. New 9,000-square-foot location on State Street to feature vintage goods, vehicles. Owner Adam Kemp eyes national ...

Nearly four months after 18-year-old UC Santa Barbara freshman Liz Hamel died in an apparent fall from a third floor breezeway at a campus dorm, her family is pleading for answers as UC police ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Hundreds gathered outside the Santa Barbara Courthouse Tuesday as The FUND for Santa Barbara hosted a press conference and rally in response to a surge in federal ...

Santa Barbara has a reputation for being expensive, but it may be worse than you think. The new state threshold for a low-income household in Santa Barbara County is $98,850.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A 36-year-old Santa Barbara woman was arrested for driving under the influence after a fatal collision with a bicyclist on State Street Sunday evening.

Phyllis de Picciotto, Santa Barbara International Film Festival Co-Founder, Dies at 84 She programmed movies for the Laemmle Theatres chain before helping to launch SBIFF in February 1986.

There are more than 300 reported sexual assault cases per year in Santa Barbara County, and 15,000 statewide, many of which are children, according to the county's Sexual Assault Response Team.

The founder of Margerum and Barden Wines, winemaking pioneer Doug Margerum shares what he’s most excited to showcase at the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience.

As the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival comes to a close, the winning films have been chosen.

Welcome to the Independent’s annual Best of Santa Barbara® issue. This is the time of the year when we publish what you, our readers, have voted for what you think are the most wonderful things about ...