Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – Community Friends of Santa Barbara, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that assists the Santa Barbara ...

Rosa Feola and Jacquelyn Stucker as Susanna and the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro. Photo: Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera Tall and handsome, Swanson made a more equivocal impression. While his Count ...

The City of Santa Barbara Fire Department is pleased to announce its transition to the Santa Barbara County Regional Fire Communications Center, a collaborative move alongside other fire departments ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Several new animals have arrived at the Santa Barbara Zoo this month. Ruby the red panda arrived in Santa Barbara in May from Seneca Park Zoo in New York Her birthday is ...

Santa Barbara Public Library invites children, teens and adults to celebrate reading this summer by participating in the annual Summer Reading Challenge, Treasured Tales. Starting June 6 ...

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 6 at the Santa Barbara Mission, and following at Calvary Cemetery. Stay in the know with Noozhawk's P.M. Report.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— The attack happened Wednesday, May 21st around 4:30 pm at Beanie Babies founder Ty Warner's mansion on Fairway Road. Forty two year old Russell Maxwell Phay was arrested ...

Law enforcement divers recovered the body of a 22-year-old Santa Barbara County man from Big Bear Lake on Monday, two days after he was reported missing nearby amid a trip to the mountain resort ...

Search crews have located the body of 22-year-old Tanner Prentiss, a student at UC Santa Barbara who disappeared over the weekend in Big Bear Lake. On Monday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s ...

UPDATE (1:09 p.m.) - A driver, who police say was involved in a deadly collision involving a bicyclist in Santa Barbara over the weekend, is now facing DUI-related charges. Santa Barbara police ...

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. There are also various bus and ...