Modern-Day Pilgrims
“Hidden” peregrinos and peregrinas from the old days keep turning up. How can we reach out to them and announce
Recent Stories
A Concrete Problem
In the interest of reducing the material delivered to the landfill, the waste disposal managers have decreed that concrete shall be recycled.
Nuclear Dealing
Hopefully President Biden will make nuclear deals with Iran and North Korea.
Why Not Yellow Yet?
How about some reporting that is critical of S.B. County in comparison to Los Angeles County, which just entered the yellow tier?
All Hands on Deck
Democracy is under attack.
May 12 Is ME Day
Millions are missing from their everyday lives due to a disease that lives in the shadows, a disease for which the medical community often provides incorrect diagnoses and that lacks proper funding to find treatments and a cure.
Goleta Turns Back the Clock for New Development
West Wind Drive-In owner SyWest gets green light to use old zoning ordinance and gain building height.
For the Birds
With gratitude, I am writing to share Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s appreciation to the Independent and Hugh Ranson for Hugh’s new monthly “Santa Barbara Birding” column.
Education ‘Reform’
Senate Republicans are worried public school students might learn unique concepts like Black Americans’ contributions to our country.
Sen. Padilla Wraps Central Coast Lands Protection into New Bill
PUBLIC Lands Act would conserve more than a million acres of public lands in California and prohibit oil extraction in certain areas.
