Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – More than 2,500 residents participated in the County of Santa Barbara’s El Niño Community Meeting on ...

The Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday considers the rent-stabilization ordinance before voting 4-3 to approve it. Credit: Rebecca Caraway / Noozhawk photo A last-minute change to Santa Barbara’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee delivered her second State of the city address Tuesday. The speech at the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee delivered her second State of the city address Tuesday. The speech at the Oakland City Council meeting highlighted the city’s progress over the past ...

In “Partita,” a former piano prodigy is sent reeling into the past after she receives a call from the man who derailed her ambitions. Credit...Kristina Tzekova Supported by By Jeff Giles Jeff Giles’s ...

A campaign ad featuring Meischa Zimmerman and Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall’s past patient lawsuits has topped 1M views. Marshall wants it taken down. Video campaign ad: Hamilton for Kansas I wondered, ...

LOS ANGELES — The MTV Video Music Awards made their West Coast return Sunday. But like many Angelenos when they get stuck in traffic, the show was fashionably late when it aired on CBS. A football ...

A person was hospitalized with measles earlier this month after traveling extensively through California on Amtrak trains and buses. Now public health officials across the state are trying to find ...

Dr. Barbara Sturm returned to New York City for a private luncheon at Bridges, bringing together editors, tastemakers, and longtime friends of the brand to celebrate the enhanced Super Anti Aging ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Santa Barbara is drawing attention to local waterways as winter weather approaches. The community's annual Creek Week activities are showing residents how stormwater ...

Barbara Kingsolver always struggles with beginnings. “I write probably one hundred pages to get to page one of any novel,” she told me recently. “Not all at once—like, eight or nine pages a day. And ...