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Sir Paul will spend the fall touring the US and Canada for the first time since 2022. Paul McCartney to Kick Off 2025 North American Tour Paolo Ragusa

The National Weather Service (NWS) is predicting thunderstorms for Santa Barbara County, beginning on Saturday, September 27.

Readers of “Santa Barbara’s Dos Pueblos Ranch Is Sold, Almost” may be forgiven if they accept the article’s false premise that this is a story about Indigenous Chumash on the cusp of re-acquiring their lands. As has been well demonstrated, yet never reported by the Independent, the founders of the Northern Chumash...

LOS ANGELES (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity and the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation will need to go to trial in their challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s renewal of offshore drilling leases in the Santa Barbara Channel in California. U.S. District Judge Michelle...

SANTA BARBARA, CA – September 22, 2025 – Mystic Ocean Adventures (MOA) is proud to announce the appointment of Palmer G. Jackson, Jr. as a new Board Trustee. Mr. Jackson, a fourth-generation Santa Barbara native, brings a distinguished record of involvement with cultural and nonprofit organizations and a deep...

Carpinteria seniors brought out the tie-dye and flower power prints Thursday afternoon to celebrate 60 years of cityhood. Residents have been celebrating the city’s 60th anniversary this week, and Thursday’s festivities included a 1960s-themed party for seniors hosted by AgeWell, the city’s senior services program....

The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is offering a higher payout to the residents for their old vehicles. The deal is pegged at $2,200 per vehicle. The district has slightly updated its ‘Old Car Buyback’ program, now offering larger payments for old vehicles. The move is aimed at reducing...

Applications have been submitted to the City of Santa Barbara for the construction of two massive housing projects that will significantly and permanently cause negative impacts to all of us. The city is accepting public comments for one of them until September 30. I urge all readers to send a letter opposing these...

The City of Santa Barbara collected $4.0 Million in Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) for August 2025, the second month in the City’s fiscal year. Year to date, the City has collected $8.2 Million in overall TOT, of which approximately $7.2 Million came from hotels and $1.0 Million from short-term rentals. Year to...

Volunteers across Santa Barbara County removed 3,611 pounds of trash from the coastline on Saturday during the county’s Coastal Clean Up Day. Across 30 sites — including in Carpinteria — over 1,000 volunteers cleaned up 59 miles of coastline on Sept. 20, according to preliminary results released by organizer Explore...