The redevelopment of the Paseo Nuevo shopping mall is on the table again as Santa Barbara city leaders aim to transform the downtown area into a retail and residential hub.

As local food banks face USDA funding shortages, the Santa Barbara Unified School District is filling in the gaps.

Drastic Cuts to SNAP and USDA Support Will Deepen Food Insecurity in Santa Barbara County Foodbank of Santa Barbara County braces for a surge in need as a local safety net is stretched thin.

LVMH is selling its only US hotel, the El Encanto in Santa Barbara, California, to a partnership of brothers Justin and Tyler Mateen and Culver Capital for $82.2 million. The sale price per room ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.

Joe Marinelli, who played the cross-dressing mobster Bunny Tagliatti on Santa Barbara and a TV director on The Morning Show, has died at 68.

Sable Offshore Corp. has restarted offshore oil production 10 years after the operation was shuttered following a major oil spill along Santa Barbara's coast.

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.

Cape Coral Police announced on the social media company X just before 6:45 p.m. Tuesday that the incident, in the area of the 200 block of Santa Barbara Boulevard, shutdown the traffic lanes in ...

Cape Coral Police say motorcyclist killed in Santa Barbara Boulevard crash The road remained closed for nearly five hours while authorities probed the scene.

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Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, CA, October 3, 2024 – Project Zero, the organization that works at the intersection of the ocean and climate ...