Santa Barbara CA

Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) celebrated the 2025 Heroes of Hospice award recipients at its 13th Annual Heroes of Hospice (HOH) luncheon Sept. 14. The event, at the Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort, recognized individuals and organizations for their outstanding service and dedication to the health and well-being of the...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - We will be clearing out from the wet weather system for the last weekend of summer. Rainfall totals rose to near 1/2 inch in the Santa Maria Valley where overnight showers fell Thursday. Light drizzle near Santa Barbara kept rainfall amounts near 1/10th. Mountain areas in Santa Barbara...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Staying active doesn't always mean breaking a sweat at the gym. For older adults, even simple seated movements can bring big benefits like easing pain, boosting energy, and helping maintain independence. At 86, Lillian Smith is proof of that. Just two years ago, arthritis in her knees...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Sept. 17, 2025) — SBCC’s Student Health Services will officially launch its The Wellness Companion Hub — a digital interactive platform to support college students’ mental, physical, and sexual wellness — on Thursday,...

Santa Claus Lane was once a quaint beach village, a family roadside attraction, where an 18-foot-tall, white-bearded Santa Claus statue stood on a roof and overlooked the people. The half-mile strip also was home to a little zoo, until the monkeys escaped and took refuge in the hills of Carpinteria.

“Santa Barbara is now completely modernized. No more will the tramp of horses’ feet resound within the city barns at Santa Barbara and Ortega streets [about where La Cuesta High School is today], no more will drivers pat their faithful charges before hitching up of mornings to prepare for the labor of the day.

A Carpinteria couple filed a lawsuit last Friday against the City of Carpinteria and Island Brewing Company over noise from the brewery’s outdoor live music. Supporters of the brewery have started an online fundraiser to support legal fees for the local business. Stephen and Mary Eileen Marcussen, Carpinteria...

Mountain communities received dangerous thunderstorms on Thursday, which caused flooding and mudslides.

The Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival (SBSFF) returns for its fifth year, taking over the historic Lobero Theatre on September 26 and 27. Founded in 2019 to honor Southern California’s surfing history, celebrate surf culture, and raise awareness and funds for ocean conservation, the annual festival centers around...

Rusty’s Pizza will serve as the Presenting Sponsor of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Lemon Festival, scheduled for September 27–28 at Girsh Park in Goleta. The annual festival is one of the South Coast’s largest community events, celebrating Goleta’s lemon-growing heritage with live...