Hooked on Lure
The popular seafood and oyster bar from Camarillo comes to La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara.
Author: Indy Staff
A Surfing Zine Is Born
“Wild True Now” commemorates soul-searching summer surf trip.
Bright Light, Big Stars
Emily Cosentino, whose high school football team narrowly avoided being called the Needham Pansies, has hit The Independent like the proverbial whirlwind.
SBIFF 2016: Lenny Abrahamson
A conversation with the director of “Room.”
volume 30, number 526, Feb. 11-18, 2016
Rooney Mara, Plus The Big Short, Room, and Spotlight Directors Interviewed; Festival Peeps; and Movies for Breakfast
Kirk Reed: The Man Behind The Beat
The We the Beat cofounder is revitalizing S.B.’s music scene.
SBIFF 2016: Rooney Mara
The actress talks “Carol” and working with Cate Blanchett
Fabled Gables: 328 East Anapamu Street
The Western seems scared of its own blue shadows on the trail.
Santa Maria: Murder City
The string of January killings was unprecedented.
Enhancing Our Community
Santa Barbara County is a wonderful place to live.
