Santa Barbara CA

Noteworthy new listings…. The layout of 420 Santa Rosa Lane ($14 million) is magical. The main approach is via a walled motor court, behind which is a garage/guest house, where an archway leads to a lawn, off of which is another, lesser guest house. (Unlike with children, you’re allowed to assign rank to your...

Santa Barbara is falling short of its affordable housing goals, with city leaders acknowledging that several obstacles have been impacting the slow progress. During a meeting on March 17, 2026, the Santa Barbara City Council reviewed its 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report, which provided a snapshot of where the...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA—March 18, 2026—Dr. Douglas E. Ney, a board-certified neurologist and neuro- oncologist, has joined the Cottage Neurosciences Clinic, expanding access to specialized neuro-oncology care for patients across the Central Coast. Dr....

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – If you’ve been in downtown Santa Barbara lately, you’ve probably noticed the tall crane above Anapamu Street. It’s been a constant presence since March 2024, as crews worked to bring Sanctuary Centers’ new Integrated Care Campus to life. Now, that crane is coming down — a clear sign the...

It’s close to midnight on a warm, spring Saturday, and The Rack is bustling. Voices chatter and billiards balls smack over an upbeat Latin pop song. Meagan Soloff, owner and general manager of the downtown pool hall, leans against the bar and surveys the room, beaming. “I’m so proud of what we’ve done here,” she says.

Santa Maria had already broken its daily heat record by noon Thursday, marking the third consecutive day of record-breaking temperatures. A heat advisory remains in effect across Santa Barbara County until 8 p.m. Friday as more unusually hot weather is expected to push temperatures into the upper 80s and low 90s,...

A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputy is recovering after being stabbed early Friday morning while on duty.

The State Parks Department filed a lawsuit against the company that restarted the pipeline, which ruptured in Santa Barbara County in 2015. They charge that the company is guilty of trespassing. Sable Offshore Corporation began pumping oil through it last weekend for the first time in more than a decade....

For being so old, the Dutch Garden is often the newest thing that a curious diner or drinker can find in Santa Barbara. That happened to me, twice actually: first, when I visited around the time of my UCSB graduation in the late 1990s, quite surprised to find something like the beer gardens I’d visited while...

The Santa Barbara City Council narrowly approved a $65,105 contract with RSG Inc. to support the city’s rent stabilization ordinance, passing on a 4-3 vote that exposed sharp divisions among members. Mayor Randy Rouse and two council members opposed the measure, raising concerns about the pace of the process and...