Indy Staff, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Briefs By Amanda Garcia | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | 10:00am

City Firefighters Conduct Live Training Exercises

Rookies gain valuable learning experience during rare opportunity.

Announcement By UC Santa Barbara | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | 9:32am

UC Santa Barbara Receives 68,331 Applications for Fall 2012

The University of California, Santa Barbara has received 68,331 applications for undergraduate admission for fall 2012 from prospective freshmen and transfer students.

Announcement By Santa Barbara Public Library | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | 9:20am

Santa Barbara Public Library to Host the Digital Bookmobile

On Feb 2 & 3, download free digital titles with just a library card and an Internet-connected computer, smartphone, or tablet.

Announcement By California Department of Fish and Game | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | 9:10am

California Outdoors Q&As

Carrie Wilson is a marine biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game. While she cannot personally answer everyone’s questions, she will select a few to answer each week. Contact her at CalOutdoors@dfg.ca.gov.

Announcement By Mesa Lane Partners | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | 8:59am

Governor Awards Mesa Lane Partners Environmental Leadership Award

Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that Mesa Lane Partners of Santa Barbara has won a 2011 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) for The LOOP; a net-zero energy student housing development currently under construction in Isla Vista, CA.

Announcement By US Forest Service | Fri Jan 13, 2012 | 8:46am

Fee Free Weekend for Visitors to Los Padres National Forest

Los Padres National Forest officials today announced that January 14-16 has been designated as a “Fee Free Weekend” for visitors to the forest. In all areas of the forest where an Adventure Pass is normally required, the fee will be waived in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.