Activities including First Thursday are part of the ongoing efforts to revitalize downtown Santa Barbara. A new non-profit has more plans ahead.

Below is a press release from the Opera Santa Barbara regarding their 2025-2026 Season Schedule. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – ...

Production photos have been released for the limited engagement of Rachmaninoff and the Tsar at Ensemble Theatre Company of ...

Opera Santa Barbara builds on its recent success with a calling-card season that spans three centuries of the operatic repertoire. “After some timely ...

SANTA CRUZ — About 40 community members gathered under the marquee of the historic Del Mar Theatre in downtown Santa Cruz Tuesday evening to protest the Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival’s ...

A project to improve drainage along the Castillo Street Undercrossing will result in the closure of the US 101 southbound Castillo Street off-ramp beginning Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1 ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. LOMPOC, CA, March 28, 2025 – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has released updated statewide fire ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

Stepping inside the Park Hall in Ben Lomond for the Mountain Community Theater’s first production of their 43rd season is like taking a ride in Emmett Brown’s DeLorean. The building itself is ...

This image released by Polk & Co. shows Bill Burr, left, and Michael McKean during a performance of "Glengarry Glen Ross," in New York. (Emilio Madrid/Polk & Co. via AP) Here it comes, almost like ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds NE at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 48% chance of precipitation.

Frank Wildhorn has written 11 shows including Rudolf: The Last Kiss (Composer), Cyrano (Composer), Camille Claudel (Composer), Victor/Victoria (Composer), Jekyll & Hyde (Conceiver), The Scarlet ...