Recent Stories

Firestone Walker’s DBA Earns Top Honors

Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s flagship “DBA” was awarded the gold medal for the highest honor in its category for the second year in a row at the Great American Beer Festival Competition held in Denver, Colorado.

Event Supports SB Cancer Center

Chuck’s Waterfront Grill & The Endless Summer bar-café are teaming up with The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara for a waterfront wine tasting event in order to raise money for cancer research on Saturday, October 20th from 10am to 2pm.

Another Gender Heard From

Thanks to letter-writer Mason Carter for pointing out the dire lack of female musicians in the Independent’s Battle of Bands finals.

Interview with a Radical Nun

The Immaculate Heart of Mary community, which broke with the Vatican in 1970, now includes women priests. Some see it as a shape of things to come.

Endorsement Journalism

I refer to your various candidate endorsements, in the recent edition, for the upcoming election.

Label GMO Food

Proposition 37, which requires labeling of genetically engineered food, gives us the basic right to know what we’re eating.

Earnestly Trying

I am writing this from the front desk at Casa Esperanza, where I have been volunteering for over a year.

New Deep-Sea Fishing Rules Imposed

Effective November 1, anglers between Point Conception and the Mexican border won’t be able to fish deeper than 300 feet, a reduction of 60 feet until the new year.

Melchiori Files for Bankruptcy

Melchiori Construction Company filed for bankruptcy on 10/16, moments before a Santa Barbara judge was set to appoint a receiver at the request of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust.

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