Santa Monica Pier looks stunning in photos – colorful sunsets, the iconic Ferris wheel, and the Pacific Ocean stretching ...

The Goleta City Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Feb. 4 opposing Sable Offshore restarting the Las Flores Pipeline ...

The suspect of a robbery and sexual assault that occurred at Goleta Beach two weeks ago is still at large, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office says.

Florida's Beach Diving Capital, as the name suggests, offers stunning beaches, but that's not all there is to do in this ...

GOLETA, CA, January 30, 2024 – The City of Goleta is pleased to introduce Justin Wilkins as its new Parks and Recreation Manager. Justin brings more than 20 years of leadership in non-profit ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The first Beautify Goleta Bulky Item Drop-Off event of the year this past Saturday, January 25, 2025, saw record-breaking ...

A few months before that, I wrote about the death of the historic palm trees at Refugio State Beach that were planted nearly 100 years ago by a pioneer Goleta family. A valuable asset supposedly ...

The Newport Beach City Council may have ended years of back and forth over the disposal of contaminated sediment dredged from Newport Harbor after approving a plan Tuesday to use it for a pier ...