Kansas center Scot Pollard slam dunks against Santa Clara during the first half of their second round NCAA West Regional game ...

Santa Margarita (18-12) will be home against Los Alamitos (19-9-2) in the quarterfinals Friday. Los Alamitos beat Orange Lutheran 8-0 on Tuesday. Huntington Beach (24-5) is No. 1 in this week’s ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara County, CA – On May 10, Mothers’ Helpers, a local nonprofit serving low- income families with infants, will host ...

In an effort to expand access to essential pet care, Santa Barbara Humane is offering spay and neuter surgeries for owned cats for just $5 through its limited-time Beat the Heat promotion. The offer ...

accused of luring cats with food to kidnap and beat some to death, after he skipped his arraignment hearing on Wednesday, May 21. Alejandro Oliveros Acosta from Santa Ana was charged Tuesday ...

The Dow was beating the other major indexes on a mixed day for the broader market with some help from UnitedHealth Group. With the Dow up 85 points, or 0.2%, UnitedHealth’s 7.9% gain tacked on ...

Mothers' Helpers held a Mother's Day weekend collection ... "We are so grateful to the Montecito and Santa Barbara communities. They understand that parenting is hard under the best of ...

Let’s just save everyone in two cities some time on Saturday afternoon. Skip the first half of Game 3 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals, spot the Celtics a 20-point lead, put 16 ...

DALLAS— Connor Brown scored after getting hit in the mouth by a skate, Stuart Skinner made 25 saves for his third shutout of the postseason and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 in Game 2 ...

Carlos Santana had a two-run double in the fourth inning, Angel Martínez hit a solo shot in the fifth and Tanner Bibee threw ...