The bells of Old Mission Santa Barbara rang out Sunday morning to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1925 earthquake that ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA, May 20, 2025 – At 6:44 am on June 29, 1925, a powerful earthquake devastated Santa Barbara, taking the ...

The mission has endured some of Santa Barbara's most horrific natural disasters including the 1925 Earthquake. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake toppled both bell towers and destroyed much of the mission.

At 6:42 a.m. on June 29, 1925, the city of Santa Barbara was heavily damaged by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake. Thirteen people were killed.

36 Hours in Santa Barbara County On a spectacular stretch of California coastline, vineyards, gorgeous beaches, markets and Mission-style architecture beckon.

The first anniversary of the scuba boat fire that killed 34 people off Southern California was commemorated Wednesday at Santa Barbara Harbor, where the ill-fated trip began and memorial has been ...

The program for a memorial service for Weihan "David" Wang is seen at Harbor Light Church in Fremont, Calif., on Sunday, June 1, 2014. Wang was one of six UC Santa Barbara students killed on May ...

The Fithian Building, on the southwest corner of State and Ortega streets, after the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake.

How to tour a haunting Santa Barbara estate that’s been frozen in time for half a century A view of the Bellosguardo Estate in Santa Barbara.

Thousands of people attended a memorial service at UC Santa Barbara to honor and remember the victims of the mass killing that left six UCSB students dead and 13 other people injured. Mar 21, 2021 ...

My friend, Jamie Steidl, is an earth science professor and researcher for UC Santa Barbara’s Earth Research Institute, and he was only too happy to have an earthquake under his backyard.

The first anniversary of the scuba boat fire that killed 34 people off Southern California was commemorated Wednesday at Santa Barbara Harbor.