The Santa Barbara Independent
3 days ago · Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Nov 24, 2024 · Incorporating traditional roots of musicianship, as well as harmonies with sounds inspired by everything from Western swing to Jefferson Airplane, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway have pioneered bluegrass for the 21st-century listener.
Obituaries - The Santa Barbara Independent
Dec 16, 2024 · Find In Memoriams, death notices and obituaries in the Santa Barbara Independent. Published weekly in-print and online.
Best of Santa Barbara® 2024 - The Santa Barbara Independent
Oct 17, 2024 · Welcome to the Independent’s annual Best of Santa Barbara® issue.This is the time of the year when we publish what you, our readers, have voted for what you think are the most wonderful things about Santa Barbara.
Courtney Price Brewer - The Santa Barbara Independent
Sep 26, 2024 · With heaviest of hearts, we are sad to announce that our beloved Courtney Brewer passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept 26th, after a brave and graceful fight against cancer over the past two years.
Santa Barbara Votes: 2024 General Election Results
Nov 5, 2024 · It’s the 2024 General Election, and in the biannual independent.com tradition, we’ll be using this page to deliver results, reactions, and reports from the various election night parties happening throughout Santa Barbara County.. Our reporters will be out and about to get the scoop while Executive Editor Nick Welsh writes these updates, which typically run …
Book Review | ‘Tell Me Everything’ by Elizabeth Strout
Oct 16, 2024 · I honestly don’t know how much I would have enjoyed Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Tell Me Everything, if I hadn’t already been familiar with the major characters from her previous books.There’s cantankerous but big-hearted Olive Kitteridge of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and also Olive, Again.Then we have novelist Lucy Barton of My Name Is Lucy Barton and Lucy by the Sea, and ...
In Memoriam: Emma Lou Diemer 1927-2024 - The Santa Barbara …
Oct 7, 2024 · Emma Lou Diemer — extraordinary person, musician, and composer — left her beloved world this past June 2 at the ripe age of 96. She would readily admit to having been very fortunate, living a healthy and long life, loving her family, her dearest Marilyn, and her adopted town of Santa Barbara very much.
California Bans ‘Reusable’ Plastic Grocery Bags, Sues Exxon for …
Oct 3, 2024 · In the courtroom, Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against oil giant ExxonMobil — the world’s largest producer of polymers used to make single-use plastic — for the company’s role in “exacerbating the global plastics pollution crisis.”. Over the course of a “decades-long campaign of deception,” the Department of Justice alleges, Exxon cooked up a plastic-pollution ...
Review | Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals, The Malibu Tour
Oct 7, 2024 · The 805 has raised a bevy of popular musicians to reach critical acclaim. Katy Perry, Jack Johnson, and Rebelution, to name a few. But it’s safe to say, the Oxnard-born Anderson .Paak is a one-of-a-kind performer and artist, …