Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Santa Barbara Unified’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday adopted its 2026-27 budget and Local Control and ...
Santa Barbara Unified’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday adopted its 2026-27 budget and Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), cutting its structural budget deficit by more than half while ...
On June 30, 2026, the City of Santa Barbara adopted its operating and capital budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027, as required by the City Charter. The FY2027 budget is comprised of all City funds, ...
Tanya Decatur saw the makings of a perfect family photo from her front window on a recent sunny morning. A three-legged deer she named Tripod was standing on a Maine driveway with three fawns she had ...
The stranger-than-fiction story of Natalia Grace and one set of her adoptive parents, Michael and Kristine Barnett, was a tabloid sensation and the focus of an explosive documentary. Now, the “made ...