Envy University of California, Santa Barbara, students for many reasons but one in particular is their access to one of the ...

Welcome to UC Santa Barbara’s REEF, where the starfish are sassy, the urchins are ornery, the sharks act like sea puppies and if you kiss a sea cucumber, you’re in for some good luck (allegedly).

UCSB’s teaching aquarium offers a hands-on introduction to marine and environmental sciences. (Matt Perko) Welcome to UC ...

Everybody is listening,” explains vineyard consultant Jordan Lonborg about how much the world is excited about the hope of regenerative ag, which seeks to farm more in tune with rather than against ...

Santa Barbara County supervisors signaled clearly Tuesday that they will not kowtow to federal election pressures, that they ...

Add independent.com on Google Add the SB Independent as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acclaimed Photographer Amy Barnard and her co-authors Michael Vilkin and Steven ...

The new commuter rail service between Ventura and Santa Barbara counties will launch May 4. It has been six years since Amtrak ran trains between the two counties at common commute times, even though ...

An independent oversight team has found improvements in the quality of care provided to people incarcerated in Santa Barbara County jails, and also identified areas that still need work. “ The idea is ...

The Santa Barbara City Council is considering a proposal to impose a new transfer tax on high-value property sales as the City looks for ways to address a growing budget gap. Under the proposal, ...

Blind Fitness, a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit that supports individuals who are blind or have low vision, is partnering with Santa Barbara Improv to present a Blind Fitness Intro to Improv Workshop ...

The former student body president at the University of California, Santa Barbara is suing her college, alleging it failed to protect her from antisemitic attacks and harassment. Jewish student Tessa ...

Scientists at U.C. Santa Barbara have developed a new kind of “liquid battery” that can capture sunlight and release it later as heat, a breakthrough researchers say could help solve one of renewable ...