Santa Barbara CA

The county supervisors voted in favor of a six-month test program to ramp up health enforcement actions against the growing number of off-the-grid food vendors sprouting up at well-traveled intersections throughout the county. Under the new measure, county environmental health inspectors — accompanied by public works...

The temporary ordinance halts rent increases as the city works toward a permanent rent stabilization plan.

Good morning! Here are the top stories from Daybreak: $9.5 Million in energy incentives available: 3C-REN says those across...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Local author and herbalist Lanny Kaufer is pleased to announce that he is now in his 50th year of leading Herb Walks in Ojai, Santa Barbara, and the surrounding area. He is celebrating the anniversary all year, beginning with an Herb Walk on...

Authorities have identified the man fatally shot at Bohnett Park on Santa Barbara’s Westside as 29-year-old Luiz “Louie” Terrazas. Police say no suspect has been identified or arrested. Santa Barbara Police said officers were dispatched to Bohnett Park, 1251 San Pascual Street, at about 1:31 a.m. on...

More than 200 people are sleeping in their vehicles each night in Goleta — and only about 50 of them are accessing homelessness services. That gap was a central focus of a virtual public meeting Monday hosted by the City of Goleta and SBACT (Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation), where city leaders...

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a weapons assault that injured a man on the campus of Santa Barbara City College.

••• Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County‘s ReStore is coming back, this time to the former Habitat space at 400 State Street (at Gutierrez). Look for it to be ready this summer. The store will “collect community donations of gently used furniture and home décor, along with usable building materials...

Authorities identified the motorcyclist who died in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 150 just east of Ojai on Feb. 21 and provided additional details about the crash. Shahin Jahanbigloo, 67, was from Porter Ranch, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. He died of multiple blunt force injuries and...

A criminal complaint with 10 felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child has been filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court against a Santa Maria man. On Saturday, Santa Maria police officers located Jose Luis Diaz, 63, on an outstanding warrant and took him into custody without incident, Lt. Andy...