The Santa Barbara Independent
2 days ago · Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
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Breaking news and daily coverage of Santa Barbara politics, education, health, business, courts & crime, science & technology, and the environment.
Obituaries - The Santa Barbara Independent
Jan 17, 2025 · Find In Memoriams, death notices and obituaries in the Santa Barbara Independent. Published weekly in-print and online.
Trump’s Order Won’t Halt California’s Offshore Wind Leases. But …
1 day ago · California’s offshore wind projects are in early planning stages but would be part of the state’s goal of producing 25 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2045, powering 25 million homes and providing about 13% of the state’s power supply.. The areas off California with the strongest winds are far from shore and too deep for traditional platforms, so developers are planning clusters of ...
California Is Investigating OpenAI’s Conversion to a For-Profit …
1 day ago · California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, on Dec. 12 was urged in a letter from Meta to stop OpenAI from becoming a for-profit company, according to the Wall Street Journal, with Meta arguing that such a precedent could have “seismic implications for Silicon Valley” by allowing startups to enjoy privileged nonprofit tax status until they begin making money.
‘The Fear Quotient Definitely Has Ratcheted Up’
1 day ago · California vs. Trump. As a practical matter, the sheriff said, Trump’s new crackdown effort to date is “sort of a déjà vu,” a return to circumstances during his first term, when California and federal immigration authorities wrangled legally and politically over the state’s resistance to the Republican president’s policy wishes.
Editor Leslie Dinaberg’s Top Stories of 2024
Dec 23, 2024 · I wear a few different hats at the Santa Barbara Independent, as both a writer and as the editor of the Arts & Entertainment, Living, and Food & Drink sections of the paper.. Putting on my editor’s hat, here are a few of my favorite stories from this year: Arts & Entertainment. It’s hard to stay in business in this town, and I loved the way Joe Woodard told the tale of …
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About Us - The Santa Barbara Independent
What We Do. Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area. We print more than 25,000 copies of the paper every Thursday and also publish daily online for more than 300,000 monthly readers at Independent.com.. Our coverage and distribution extends from the heart of Santa Barbara ...
Cover Stories - The Santa Barbara Independent
The wave-riding champ Shaun Tomson and philosopher-poet Noah benShea penned a pandemic pick-me-up called “The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive and Ride Life’s Waves.”