Around 10,000 people drive from Ventura County to Santa Barbara County every weekday for work. Their only current transit option is a bus route. The new service is set to launch in late April or early ...

The Santa Barbara Police Department is investigating a homicide that took place at Bohnett Park in Santa Barbara. Around 1:31 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to a report of a shooting at the park ...

Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson lit up the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday, strolling hand in hand on the red carpet in matching blush-pink dresses. Hudson, crowned the festival’s ...

As the Santa Barbara Film Festival wraps up its 41st edition, the jury has selected this year’s winning films. During a ceremony Saturday at El Encanto, SBIFF announced the winners of the 2026 ...

A well-known Santa Barbara couple died mysteriously this week, leaving behind three children and a host of unanswered questions. Coffee and exotic-fruit farmers John and Kristen Ruskey were found dead ...

Tanya Spears Guiliacci was the first Black Santa Barbara native I ever met, five years into living in this city. We met through my job at the Independent, the only two Black people working in our ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The lights at the Arlington Theatre, Riviera Theatre, and the brand new McHurley Film Center will light up this upcoming February for the 41st Santa Barbara ...

Spring will look different this year in Santa Barbara with a crackdown on the signature blowout event for America’s No. 1 party school. Santa Barbara County supervisors voted earlier this week on ...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and more will be honored at the 41st edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which announced its full 2026 program on Wednesday.

Metrolink, the regional commuter rail service for greater Los Angeles, was in talks to extend its service to Santa Barbara, but that plan fell apart in 2025. The proposed commuter rail service still ...

As an avid traveler, I spend a lot of time exploring new destinations, and I rarely reach for the word “perfect.” Still, Santa Barbara may be the closest I’ve come to finding a place that truly ...

Indivisible Santa Barbara is calling on community members to participate locally in a nationwide protest against recent actions by the Trump administration, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 10 on upper ...