The County Fire Department has released its new wildfire protection plan for Santa Barbara foothill areas to identify ...

In a historic vote this week, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted what may be the toughest odor ...

The maps, covering 15 counties in Central California, are part of Cal Fire’s two-month rollout of new hazard zones for the ...

The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury reports that local agencies agreed with 64.8% of their findings during the 2023-24 session. The Grand Jury serves as a watchdog over local government and its ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY – After a closely contested final round on Saturday afternoon, March 1, 2025, Dos Pueblos High School ...

A third would, according to supporters and opponents alike, ‘end single-family zoning as we know it ... professor Chris Elmendorf and UC Santa Barbara professor Clayton Nall: “The ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe County is warning residents about a scam, targeting people with active development and zoning applications. The county said scammers are impersonating county ...

Nobody can figure out why. By Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, Editors When half-siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson inherited the Bond franchise in the mid-1990s, they received a ...

After unleashing a blistering and heartfelt condemnation of what several supervisors decried as an “ugly” campaign of “misinformation,” the Santa Barbara County supervisors voted 3-1-1 to give ...

Santa Monica Seafood closed its Costa Mesa market and cafe, saying goodbye in a social media post on Feb. 19. For decades, the popular market and cafe was a go-to for all types of fresh seafood ...