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

Veterans and residents gather Monday at the Santa Barbara Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony. Representatives of different military branches salute at wreaths honoring the fallen.

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 Santa Barbara Airport has erected a memorial site at Vista Point near the long-term parking Lot to commemorate certain World War II veterans. The memorial will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Thursday.

But on the morning of June 29th 1925, a massive earthquake struck Santa Barbara. “The Santa Barbara mission was having a mass when the earthquake struck … there was 20 parishioners inside ...

But taken together, a fresh look at these descriptions of what happened during the Santa Barbara earthquake of 1925 are leading to a host of new discoveries, at least in the eyes of one expert.

Santa Barbara, with fewer than 90,000 people, barely makes it into California’s 100 largest cities. But this coastal enclave has an outsize role in the state’s history. Settled by the Spanish ...

The error happened when someone tried to correct the exact location of the earthquake.

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

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.

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Relief efforts are underway in Southeast Asia following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, and among those helping is a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit.