After years of starts and stops, the multi-use building that will house the new Downtown Branch of the Santa Cruz Public ...

I know, I know - it looks like a cousin to a Land Rover or Land Cruiser, but it’s not ... there is a list of features that sets the Hyundai Santa Fe XRT apart from the other Santa Fe trims.

At its meeting Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors approved the first of two readings of housing rule changes that allow ...

No matter if you call him Kris Kringle, Father Christmas or Santa Claus, the legendary figure is known for delivering toys to good children on Christmas Eve, traveling in his sleigh with the help ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY – A pair of new and upgraded full color Changeable Message boards (CMS) have been installed on northbound ...

The timing of this Santa Ana Wind Event is similar to the Thomas Fire, which burned over 280,000 acres from December 2017 to January 2018 and is the ninth-largest wildfire in California history.

"Of course he was smiley and in a great mood once he wasn't close to Santa ," Brittany wrote over a snap of her son Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, California – The Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation (PASF), a nonprofit supporting classical music ...

striking a BPD cruiser and nearly hitting two officers. The driver then continued to flee.Police followed at a distance to monitor the teen, choosing to terminate their pursuit. Police in ...