Indy Staff, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Food & Drink By Erik Talkin | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 12:00pm

Food Stamp Challenge Complete

Santa Barbara County’s Foodbank director reflects on a month of eating cheaply.

Arts & Entertainment By Jake Blair | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 11:00am

Kirk Knight and Mick Jenkins made due with what they had on Thursday night.

Arts & Entertainment By Apoorva Chiplunkar | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 11:00am

The Austin- and Santa Barbara–based band shines on its first full-length album

Dance By Melissa Lowenstein | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 11:00am

UCSB’s Arts & Lectures brought the modern dance company back to S.B. for the first time since 2003 this week.

News By Kelsey Brugger | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 12:00am

Líderes Campesinas creates a Santa Barbara County chapter to push for better working conditions.

Letters By Edmund Geswein, D.C., Lompoc | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 12:00am

The recently proposed vaccine mandate is not justified by any convincing data.

News By Howard Booth | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 12:00am

A new bicycle fix-it shop springs up on campus.

Letters By Mark Lloyd, Agent for Slippery Rock Ranch owners | Tue Mar 03, 2015 | 12:00am

Facts point to the Slippery Rock water basin being the biggest water opportunity in 25 years for South Coast communities.

News By Kelsey Brugger | Mon Mar 02, 2015 | 12:56pm

Police say Enson Lopez brutally killed Ian Nicholas after multiple confrontations.

Letters By Rebecca and Burt Williams, S.B. | Mon Mar 02, 2015 | 11:00am

The experience described in “Hitched at Home” couldn’t be more true.