With love guiding their pencils, second graders at Santa Barbara Catholic School created heartfelt portraits of their moms from memory and each drawing became a handmade Mother’s Day card filled ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Community members spoke at Santa Barbara City Hall Tuesday— to speak out against what they say was a “sudden” closure of the historic Casa de la Raza building on ...

Santa Barbara Catholic School will hold a blessing of animals at 3 p.m. on Friday in the school’s courtyard, in celebration of the season of creation. Oct. 4 is the feast of St. Francis of ...

What’s left for the developers to include in this application? The City of Santa Barbara said it needs consistent and correct net floor area details, plans for wastewater management as well as water ...

Almost 10 years to the day after a massive oil spill fouled the Santa Barbara coastline and prompted the closure of several drilling platforms, a Texas-based company says it has resumed crude oil ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 14, 2025 — Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is proud to announce its 76th Annual Commencement ...

BAY CITY, MI – The decision whether to close a Catholic church in Bay City’s south end remains on hold after members of the Saginaw Diocese heard feedback from parishioners this week.

A Santa Maria man has been charged in Santa Barbara County Superior Court with murder and four other felony charges in connection with a fatal stabbing last week. The criminal charges against ...

The body of a 22-year-old UC Santa Barbara student who went missing from Big Bear Lake over the weekend was found in water near a marina on Monday, May 19. The search for Tanner Prentiss ...

Frank Connor, a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant religious order within the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV "being an American, first off, is historic. Then, being from Chicago ...

But he isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of Vatican City. The territory is home to almost 900 people and covers 0.5 ...

Late last year, the Vatican City State issued its official guidelines ... AI raises questions that the Catholic Church has been thinking about for centuries: What does ethical action, personally ...