It’s “Festival Flair” season for Southern California brands Shutters on the Beach and Nick Fouquet. The Santa Monica-based ...

Two brothers who attend Santa Ana High School have been arrested in a stabbing incident at the campus that left one student dead and two others injured. The brothers, ages 17 and 15, showed up ...

Mikko Rantanen had his second hat trick in as many games Wednesday, lifting the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 1 of the Western Conference Second Round. But his epic ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored a natural hat trick in the second period and the Dallas Stars beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their second-round ...

Capital outlay the New Mexico Legislature set aside earlier this year for two new Santa Fe firetrucks sparked a recent debate at City Hall over whether councilors should individually lobby state ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. As wildfires continue to pose an increasing threat to Santa Barbara County, the need for effective evacuation plans and ...

A 17-year-old teen boy is dead after getting lost and suffering a fatal fall into a gully while hiking Hat Mountain on Sunday. Lions Bay Search and Rescue and North Shore Rescue responded to the ...

Attorneys representing the alleged killers argued there is no evidence, just speculation about the color of a hat, to suggest Jacobs was mistaken for a gang member. But in the prosecution’s ...

Houck and Joseph Lawson are set to be tried together at the end of June for their roles in Rogers’ presumed murder. Multiple customers of Southern Smokers complained to WAVE they waited months or ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA, May 7, 2025 – The annual celebration of Mother’s Day is meant to be a commemoration of the nurturing nature ...

When she decided to make the leap from part-time to full-time fashion designer, giving up her 9-to-5 job, Marian Mike knew she was taking a risk. But the founder and owner of Breezy Designs — a ...