From Japan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s Out of Eden Walk marks 12 years, with North America on the horizon.

They started quietly working on the space, previously occupied by home-goods store Ruston Mercantile, last February. Friends ...

Alejandra Gutierrez received a fond farewell, while Wendy Santamaria was sworn in to begin her term on city council.

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 ...

Brain teasers are more than just riddles or puzzles – they're a mental workout in disguise! These challenging questions and problems come in all shapes and sizes, designed to test your thinking ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The City of Goleta is reminding you to join us THIS Saturday morning, January 11, for our first Coffee & Community / Café y ...

MSC Cruises has spent much of the build-up to the season addressing how Santa makes it onto a cruise ... plus no one had to wash up. The global tea shortage does seem to have made it onto cruise ...

I ’ll be honest: I’m not a coffee snob. Give me a cup — pretty much any old cup — and I won’t complain. However, that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a particularly good one.

Emma Andrew, the owner of Emma T Pottery, poses next to her wares during a show in which she was a featured artist at Gallery ...

The Santa Barbara Supervisors swearing in ceremony featured two returning supervisors and a new one. Laura Capps is the new board… ...