Santa Barbara County Supervisor Laura Capps’ Office says roughly one third of county employees commute dozens of miles just ...

City Council just passed a new family housing project to seek state funding in Santa Barbara. In a five to zero vote, City Council ...

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is coming to downtown Santa Barbara, Noozhawk has learned. The iconic shop, with stores in San ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – Lynch syndrome, a genetic predisposition to colorectal, uterine, and other cancers, is the most common ...

Crucially endangered steelhead trout that survived the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles have spawned a new generation in their new digs in Santa Barbara County. More than 200 steelhead were rescued from ...

Graves owns Colorado Natural Medicine in downtown Castle Rock. "Holistic family care, natural medicine, functional medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, plant medicine," said Graves. When ...

Votes are still being counted, but with her closest competitor having conceded, Barbara Lee is now considered the mayor-elect of Oakland. And on Monday, she addressed the media with her plans to ...

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee met with the city's interim mayor, Kevin Jenkins, on Monday and announced her plans for her first 100 days in office. Jenkins said the city council is prepared to ...

In the greater Bay Area, insurers who opt into the plan will be required to write more policies in Marin, Napa and Santa Cruz counties, as well as parts of San Mateo and Sonoma counties and a ...