For $60, you can rest your head in Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Beach Hostel opened this week at 134 Chapala St. “It’s a beautiful city,” said owner James Black, co-founder and CEO of ...

Santa Barbara is getting decked out for the summer with a new partnership with luxury event and beach rental service Bliss Beach. Known for curating oceanfront parties and living room-style pop-ups on ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif. (Oct. 27, 2025) — As the holiday season approaches, accommodating visiting friends and family sometimes ...

Below is a press release from Visit Santa Barbara regarding upcoming lodging deals for South Coast Residents. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – As the holiday season approaches, accommodating visiting friends ...

Could our modern model of outdoor relaxation — a k a “going to the beach” — be made any more relaxing? A quest to solve that quandary is now in full swing on Santa Barbara’s sandiest stretch of ...

It seems like everyone spent their summer vacation in Italy this year. Call it “The White Lotus” effect, lumped in with pent-up travel demand. Like all vacation destinations that go viral on TikTok, ...

The Santa Barbara Channel’s kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp, the foundation species of rocky reefs, serves as a major part of the beach food web as fronds of ...