The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, with average highs hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in ...

Luxury events and rental company Bliss Beach has teamed up with the City of Santa Barbara for 'The Barbara,' a ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- A wild scene unfolded at a Santa Barbara beach Sunday as a sudden weather event struck the area, sending chairs and umbrellas flying. The sudden 80 mph gust of wind ...

Santa Barbara County is in for another dousing over the next few days, but nothing like the deluge it got last week, according to the National Weather. No paywalls. No subscriptions.

Santa Barbara, with fewer than 90,000 people, barely makes it into California’s 100 largest cities. But this coastal enclave has an outsize role in the state’s history. Settled by the Spanish ...

Santa Barbara is getting decked out for the summer with a new partnership with luxury event and beach rental service Bliss Beach. Known for curating oceanfront parties and living room-style pop ...

A wild scene unfolded at a Santa Barbara beach Sunday as a sudden weather event struck the area, sending chairs and umbrellas flying.

Beach-goers were enjoying warm weather in Santa Barbara on Sunday when a bizarre microburst suddenly slammed the coast with rain and wind. The storm system hit around 3 p.m., and according to some ...

The African Collaboration Group (ACG), an organization that brings together the 30-plus Africa-oriented philanthropic groups based in the Santa Barbara area, is working on ways to bring African ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KGO) -- A wild scene unfolded at a Santa Barbara beach Sunday as a sudden weather event struck the area, sending chairs and umbrellas flying. The sudden 80 mph gust of wind ...

Rob Tran. As a reader of the Santa Barbara Independent since being lucky enough to move to town in 2014, I’ve enjoyed Nick Welsh’s columns and found them to be thoughtful, well written, and oftentimes ...