Santa Barbara CA

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A new transitional home in Santa Barbara is set to open its doors, offering young adults experiencing homelessness a place to rebuild and gain independence. The Mission House will welcome eight residents between the ages of 18 and 21. Residents can stay for up to eighteen months while...

VENTURA, Calif. — A new nonprofit in Ventura aims to reduce social isolation for local seniors by offering them free bike rides. “Oh, this is divine,” said Dolores Estrada, a local Ventura senior, as she went for a bike ride with Cycling Without Age Ventura. It was a...

••• The U.S. Postal Service is threatening to move out of the Montecito Country Mart, where it has been for over 40 years; here’s a petition to try and keep it there. ••• The Malia Mills boutique that was at the Country Mart is now at The Post.

Six dogs in training to help people who are visually impaired were on board the Lil' Toot boat in Santa Barbara Saturday. This helps them in the future with new owners. The post Pups Cruise The Santa Barbara Harbor to Help Assist the Visually Impaired appeared first on News Channel 3-12 .

An independent oversight team has found improvements in the quality of care provided to people incarcerated in Santa Barbara County jails, and also identified areas that still need work. “ The idea is that we’re providing that independent, objective oversight,” said Aaron Stilwell, the Correctional Healthcare...

A new report shows that major efforts to reduce the number of drug-related deaths in Santa Barbara County may be having a big impact. In 2022, Santa Barbara County had 115 fentanyl related overdose deaths. That year, the county launched Project Opioid, an effort to increase awareness about the dangers posed by...

Elizabeth Gilchrist had long imagined writing a book about Santa Barbara. “Since I was 14,” she tells me over the phone from her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. “I grew up in Santa Barbara…. The place has always spoken to me.”. For years, the idea stayed...

VENTURA, Calif. — Ahead of a Ventura Unified School Board meeting, educators and staff lined the sidewalks, pushing for better working conditions. “Students are worth fighting for,” are the chants that could be heard from a distance. Teachers and staff have been rallying across the state as several...

A new Jamaican restaurant has opened in downtown Santa Barbara, adding Caribbean flavors to the State Street dining scene. Kool Runninz SB, a Jamaican food delivery service that has operated in Santa Barbara for nearly a decade, recently opened its first physical location at 409 State Street. After years of...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association (DSBIA) invites the community to celebrate the grand opening and ribbon cutting of SuperMoss on Thursday, March 19th, at 4:00 pm at 922 State Street. Founded over 40...