‘Beyond Our Wildest Dreams’: Santa Barbara Unified Teachers Awarded $200,000
S.B. Education Foundation grants will fund field trips, classroom upgrades, and creative projects around the school district.
Recent Stories
Author-Go-Round Gives Santa Barbara County Students a Look Behind the Cover
Authors and illustrators share their craft with more than 400 5th-8th graders at the four-day annual event.
Santa Barbara Unified Opens Two Schools’ Fields for After-Hours Public Use
Harding University Partnership School’s outdoor play areas will be accessible after school until sundown, while La Cumbre Junior High will be open on Saturdays.
Israeli Survivors of Hamas’s October 7 Attack Tell Their Story
Eighty neighbors were murdered, 18 were kidnapped, and their kibbutz was burned.
Baby Great White Shark Spotted in Wild for First Time Ever off Santa Barbara Coast, Researchers Believe
Rare footage of newborn shark may be the key to “one of the holy grails of shark science.”
Evacuations Ordered for Parts of Santa Barbara County Ahead of Major Storm
Life-threatening rain is expected for the incoming storm system, which is anticipated to be one of the “most significant” in Santa Barbara County history.
A Snapshot of People Experiencing Homelessness in Santa Barbara
‘Independent’ reporters Nick Welsh and Callie Fausey were among the hundreds of volunteers for the county’s Point-in-Time Count, an annual census of people experiencing homelessness.
Carpinteria Unified to Fight State Order to Rehire Fired Teacher Jay Hotchner
The school district dismissed the Carpinteria Middle School teacher in 2022 after he allegedly made a series of “sexually suggestive comments toward students.”
Training Teachers for a Marathon
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School of Education disputes the “F” grade given to its teacher education program by the National Council on Teacher Quality, while local school districts are continuing to support their teachers amid recent curriculum changes.
Veterans, PTSD, and Psychedelics Cross Paths at Santa Barbara’s Psychedelic Social Club
District216 hosted a panel of veterans turned healers to promote new psychedelic therapies last weekend.
