2025年1月3日 · Gary Fruin, who for 34-years held down the early-morning shift for K-LITE radio station — along with his co-host, Catherine Remak — died at age 68 earlier this week from complications arising from a relapse of the esophageal cancer he thought he had beaten a few years ago. As a radio host, Fruin ...

2024年12月12日 · Renowned Santa Barbara County winemaker Kris Curran, who was a trailblazer for females in the historically male-dominated industry, has died. She succumbed to pancreatic cancer on December 11 surrounded by loved ones, according to a social media post.

2024年10月31日 · In a world that glorifies hustle and celebrates busyness, it’s easy to get swept up in the idea that urgency equals importance. But one thing is clear: A lack of preparation on your part does not give you the right to hijack my time

2024年12月30日 · Starting Jan. 1, alcohol and cannabis sales could expand in some parts of California thanks to two new laws that aim to increase central city foot traffic, which has yet to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

2025年1月9日 · The Los Angeles County wildfires triggered a rant from President-elect Donald Trump, who blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom for depriving Southern California of water. Trump today repeated a claim he has made in the past, that state efforts “to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt” have caused pain and hardship in California. “Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water ...

2024年10月17日 · Welcome to the Independent’s annual Best of Santa Barbara® issue.This is the time of the year when we publish what you, our readers, have voted for what you think are the most wonderful things about Santa Barbara.

2024年11月5日 · It’s the 2024 General Election, and in the biannual independent.com tradition, we’ll be using this page to deliver results, reactions, and reports from the various election night parties happening throughout Santa Barbara County.. Our reporters will be out and about to get the scoop while Executive Editor Nick Welsh writes …

2024年11月26日 · A recent study released by USC indicates the presence of significant heavy metals in wildfire retardants that are deemed dangerous to humans when subjected to chronic exposure. As wildland fires have grown in size, intensity, and frequency, the amount of these brightly colored retardants — known as Phos-Chek — dropped on U.S. Forest Service land has doubled in the past 10 years.

2024年11月13日 · Santa Barbara County is suiting up to appeal an October 29 appellate court ruling that cannabis is illegal in California — taking it up with the California Supreme Court instead.

2024年11月6日 · At the packed patio bar outside the S.B. Biergarten on Election Night, 24th Congressional District Representative Salud Carbajal tried to remain “cautiously optimistic” about the nationwide election as the results started to trickle in on the TVs around the room.