After another week of storms, Santa Barbara County is seeing higher-than-normal rainfall and strong water reserves for the year.  The amount of rainfall ...

A local man was taken into custody and an 80-year-old attorney was pepper-sprayed during a confrontation between ICE agents ...

The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments has approved plans to help fund expanded Pacific Surfliner passenger ...

Eight minutes of unedited footage, provided exclusively to the 'Independent', captures the entire chaotic scene.

Around 200 volunteers helped the nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace build beds on Saturday for children aged 3-17 in northern ...

With a vote by Santa Barbara County officials on Feb. 19, the funding is in place for commuter rail between Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

Rain and gusty winds are possible across Santa Barbara County Tuesday afternoon into early Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County (UBGC) announced today its Board of Directors has appointed Melinda Cabrera as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 16, 2026. The announcement ...

Sunday’s five-mile hike from Rincon Beach County Park to Santa Claus Lane marks the 250th anniversary of the Juan Bautista de ...

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a frost advisory at 1:07 a.m. on Saturday in effect until 9 a.m. for Santa Barbara ...

"Wouldn't that set off a bunch of flags in your budget system?" ...

They started choking him to where he couldn’t breathe, his face was beet red,” one witness said, as activists berated the agents and police.