The Summer Solstice Parade this year is dedicated to Eric Lassen, who was the architect of community celebration and joy in ...

They didn't quite hug, but they were happy, and some of them definitely cheered. In an emotionally draining meeting Tuesday ...

It's the kind of thing that corporations do all the time. Hire a strategic consultant to lead a workshop aimed to build ...

The newly opened space, located adjacent to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, is open on the weekends and during First Thursdays. Credit: Julia McHugh / Noozhawk photo Earlier this year ...

That literary flare was passed down to their ancestor Traci Bliss, who has collected the little-known Imus family history in her book about local pioneers, “Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz.” ...

Dear Eric: I have remained close with my college roommate, Chris, for 45 years. Life has not been easy for her due to various health issues which I believe all stem from her unhealthy eating habits.

Asking Eric: My son begged us not to bring up our grievance to his touchy in-laws Asking Eric: Booze turns my friends into haters and I don’t want to travel with them Asking Eric: Doesn’t the ...

Around 5:00 p.m., NWS tracked a severe thunderstorm west of Lockwood Valley that extended west into Highway 33 in Santa Barbara County. The weather agency warned this storm could bring lighting, hail, ...

Dear Eric: A childhood friend, almost a brother really, cheated on his wife when we were in our late 40s. Our two families were very close, and my wife became his wife’s main emotional support ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from ... for their family thinks that’s the right thing to do,” Valadao said. But Rep. Laura Friedman, a California Democrat representing Los Angeles, ...

Dear Eric: An old high school girlfriend of my husband’s (more than 40 years) creates social media posts about him and tags him, including photos of him or of the two of them together.

Dear Eric: An old high school girlfriend of my husband’s (more than 40 years) creates social media posts about him and tags him, including photos of him or of the two of them together.