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In the spring of 1926, the Garden Club of America held its annual meeting in Santa Barbara. Affluent garden-lovers from the East Coast boarded a special train at Grand Central Station, for the cross-country trip. Many of the delegates to the meeting stayed at the luxurious El Mirasol hotel for the four-day event — and

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. GOLETA, CA, May 28, 2026 – The City of Goleta’s Design Review Board (DRB) will be conducting a public hearing to review the design of the proposed Fairview Gardens Conditional Use Permit Project on June 9, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. The property owner, T

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara Humane returned to your Morning News this week with a new and shiny gem, sweet puppy Peridot! Named after the vibrant, green gemstone, two-month-old Peridot was born in a litter of five, along with his sisters Diamond and Sapphire. Chief Operating Officer of Santa Barbara Hu

When Sal Caminada retired from being a professor of health and nutrition at Allan Hancock College, he wanted to spend his retirement doing something good for the community. That’s how he came to volunteer at the SLO Noor Foundation, a free clinic that serves San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County. He’

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Angel Varela and Oscar Trujillo-Gutierrez were sentenced this week in connection with a with a 2021 double homicide in Santa Barbara. Both men were charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, all for the benefit of a criminal street gang and involving a fi

Carpinteria gang members Angel Varela, 31, and Oscar Trujillo-Gutierrez, 29, who were convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two Santa Barbara teenagers, were both sentenced Thursday to lifetime prison terms without the possibility of parole. The 2021 shooting took place at the intersection of Liber

LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) - A winery in Lompoc is going to court to stop.what it claims is an unconstitutional mandate from the county. Flying Goat Cellars is suing the Board of Supervisors. For the last year, a mandatory 1% assessment fee from direct-to-consumer sales transactions at wineries, stores and tasting rooms is

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday announced a settlement with Florida-based MV Realty, its chief executive officer, and chief operating officer, resolving a lawsuit that accused the company of running a predatory scheme that targeted financially vulnerable homeowners with decades-long exclusive listing c

One of the people critically injured in the rollover crash Sunday on Highway 135 south of Orcutt has died due to his injuries. He has been named as Carlos Huerta-Hernandez, 22, of Santa Maria, according to Raquel Zick, spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Bureau. At approximately 4:40...