Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. July 17, 2025 (Santa Ynez, California) – Corque Hotel, a charming, premier property located in the heart of Solvang, ...

This guide celebrates Santa Barbara’s longstanding restaurants that have fed locals and tourists for decades, along with recent additions that have emerged as excellent places to dine.

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

These are the 5 best hotels in Santa Fe according to Travel and Leisure readers in our annual "World’s Best Awards" survey for 2025.

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 ...

The Santa Barbara Foresters came up on the losing end of a 4th of July marathon with the California Tigers, falling 7-6 on Friday at Eddie Mathews Field.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A fallen tree caused a power outage that impacted 4,889 Southern California Edison customers in northern Santa Barbara and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon.

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.

Lompoc, CA – Just in Time For Summer, Explore Lompoc is inviting travelers from near and far to celebrate the season with a sojourn to Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm for its 2nd Annual Lavender ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has reportedly sent 32 personnel from its Sheriff’s Response and Special Enforcement Teams to Los Angeles.

Santa Barbara Humane, on Friday, June 7, will join some 150 animal shelters across California in celebrating the second annual California Adopt-a-Pet Day.

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.