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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 ...

Take a step back in time with a visit to El Presidio de Santa Barbara. The nearly 6-acre state historic park consists of restored buildings that make up the last Spanish military settlement built ...

Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort in Montecito. PHOTO BY ELLIOT HAWKEY, COURTESY OF VISIT SANTA BARBARA El Encanto, A Belmond Hotel Boasting stellar views of the Pacific and the city below ...

Every big city has its popular road trip destinations, and Los Angeles is blessed to have Santa Barbara, an hour and 40 minutes driving from Downtown and just under three hours aboard Amtrak.

We’re nearly done scraping snow off our cars, and the cold temperatures of winter are finally leaving us. Spring is here, and ...

Notice of In-Custody Death . March 26, 2025 – Santa Maria, CA – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office officials report that ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Bess DeWitt is turning 95 in a month, and she’s already seen 3 countries in 1 hour. “We went to South Africa. We went to Uganda, to a safari reserve and saw all the ...

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