Back in Santa Barbara, when I see the red-tailed hawk lying dead on the road coming back from Rancho Las Cruces, I ...

It’s an outdated term, but people still use it to describe where lost pets end up: “the pound.” The term conjures up images ...

The StripHair Gentle Groomer, developed in Santa Ynez and adopted worldwide, is manufactured in American and made to last.

It’s a rowdy pack of reader choices and editor picks, and represents only a smidgen of the entries. To see all of the very ...

As chock-full as this year’s Pets & Animals issue is — featuring stories on a culture change at our pound; how a master ...

When Shaun Tomson draws lines, people pay attention. More to the point, when Shaun Tomson draws lines, the future often ...

A collection of books, new and old, to charm both children and the adults who read to them.

On Saturday, May 24th, the Pacifica Graduate Institute community gathered at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort to ...

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested an Oak View woman for over $750,000 in fraud. Detectives ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service.

On Monday, Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara) announced that Assembly Bill 1039 advanced through the Assembly and moved ...

In the bottom of the first inning, Dos Pueblos loaded the bases with one out after a single by Taylor Young, a bunt single by Gesswein and Alexander Hajda was hit by a pitch. Charlie Potter followed ...