According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the James Beard Foundation award-winning chef owes "a vast unpaid amount of taxes" ...

The 2024 Santa Barbara Women’s March served as both a rallying cry and a reminder of the stakes in the upcoming election.

It was a full-circle moment last month when Santa Barbara resident and Academy Award winner Michael Douglas received the ...

Here are my photos of Plaza Palooza: The plaza is named for the late philanthropist Michael Towbes. His wife Anne Towbes was ...

This edition of ON Culture was originally emailed to subscribers on November8, 2024. To receive Leslie Dinaberg’s arts ...

The fences were down and spirits were up as hundreds of people gathered on Sunday, November 3, to celebrate the long-awaited ...

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch has stepped down ... Leerink Partners analyst Michael Cherny said the leadership change was unexpected, though he understood the rationale behind it “following ...

A: The Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation is proud to announce the highly anticipated grand opening of the Michael Towbes Library Plaza with Plaza Palooza on Sunday, November 3, 2024 ...

Artist Barb Parmet also funded an initial Roots & Branches Arts Fellowship group of awards, which went to Reyna Harris, Akila ...

Welcome to the Independent’s annual Best of Santa Barbara® issue. This is the time of the year when we publish what you, our readers, have voted for what you think are the most wonderful things about ...

It’s hard to imagine Santa Barbara without Fiesta. So, let’s not. Let’s instead take a moment to conjure up our favorite Fiesta memory. Maybe it’s staring wide-eyed as a kid at the burly magnificence ...

Dr. Michael J. Lynch III, age 77, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away in Little Rock on November 7, 2024. Online guestbook and extended obituary at www.smithfamilycares.com.