By Lily Karofsky I had two very distinct reactions when I discovered that anti-Israel protesters had occupied one of the main buildings...

As cell phone videos of a stormy, rights in conflict argument at the Hot Springs Trail bathing pools circulated this week, strong...

By Melinda Burns For the third year in a row, the county CEO’s office is projecting a budget shortfall in cannabis revenues, this time...

Santa Barbara's City Council, facing a budget shortfall of at least $7 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1, will soon decide...

For readers of a certain age, the words "pink slime" may trigger images of muscilaginous crud, a meat by-product scandalously stuffed...

A budget shortfall, a deep pockets lawsuit, a growing business exodus, the breakdown of new tax plans, and election year antics all...

Mega-kudos to Callie Fausey for her terrific, affecting and intriguing cover story in this week's SB Independent, a deep dive down the...

An unexpected decline in funds flowing from Washington to local victims' service groups threatens operations of rape crisis centers,...

By Melinda Burns On the heels of a report from the state Auditor’s office, county officials announced some minor steps this month to...

California's homeless population has increased by 50,000 people since Gavin Newsom became governor -- during a period when the state...

By Melinda Burns A long-awaited county Board of Supervisors hearing on cannabis odor control ended in a split vote this week, as three...

By Randy Alcorn Imagine how much housing could have been built on Shoreline Park, The Douglas Family Preserve, and Elings Park. I suspect...

By Cheri Rae and Monie de Wit The Santa Barbara County Education Office has taken an important step forward in the battle for literacy in...

On a new edition of Newsmakers TV (and podcast/YouTube/radio broadcast) our all-star panel of Santa Barbara's top journalists breaks down...

Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse says he views the cost overruns and long delays in the troubled Library Plaza project as "the poster...

By Melinda Burns In the March 5 election, First District county Supervisor Das Williams lost every precinct in the City of Carpinteria to...

There's a growing phenomenon at Santa Barbara City Hall, wherein highly-influential executives suddenly disappear without a trace. For...

The good news -- for Democrats and others predisposed to favor small “d” democracy over autocratic authoritarianism -- is that President...

The day after Roy Lee triumphed in Santa Barbara's most extraordinary political victory of the century, he went out of his mind with...

"Victory has a thousand fathers," President John F. Kennedy famously remarked, "but defeat is an orphan." Rarely has JFK's wise epigram...