If a strike occurred in SLO County, it could affect up to eight stores — Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs locations — from Paso ...

Two Avon Swim Team athletes plan to continue their careers at the NCAA Division I level. Rising senior Breck Boyd committed ...

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Pollution Time Machine: It’s not just living animals that carry remnants of humanity’s toxic footprint. Samples of bird ...

A federal judge in California ordered the State Department to temporarily hold off on firing nearly 1,900 employees as planned. Read more › Voter ID: A federal judge on Friday indefinitely blocked ...

Scuba diving level: Ras Mohammed is renowned for its vibrant coral reefs and diverse marine life, making it suitable for ...

Each year the Santa Barbara Independent hosts our annual Best of Santa Barbara® Readers’ Poll where readers nominate and vote ...

The Santa Barbara Foresters scored four runs in the second and never looked back en route to a 5-1 win over the Philippines Baseball Group in the home ...

Santa Barbara's restaurant world is about to reset. Fresco is opening again, this time inside the Santa Barbara Public Market. "Fresco was my dream to ...

In separate incidents, Danny De La Cruz rescued a boy from drowning and performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking man.

San Luis Obispo-based vintage store Thrifty Beaches is set to launch its second physical store in Santa Barbara. The brand ...