The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from ... manager of the Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit.

Santa Barbara, often called the "American Riviera ... it provides a perfect backdrop for water sports, fishing, and leisurely boat rides. The historic downtown area is filled with unique shops ...

The Santa Barbara 805 Water Polo Club made a powerful statement at the CalCup State Championships this past weekend, ...

A Houston-based oil company has rebuffed the authority of the California Coastal Commission in a bid to revive drilling off ...

The best time to visit Santa Barbara is from March to May or from September to November. Temperatures are fairly mild year-round, hovering in the 60s and 70s, but traveling in early spring or fall ...

City of Santa Cruz officials say it’s for conducting urgent repairs to a water main beneath the Wharf structure.This now marks the third closure of the wharf in the last three months.The Wharf ...

SANTA CRUZ — City officials announced Wednesday morning that the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf will be shuttered at 8 p.m. Wednesday and will reopen Friday morning due to a water main break ...

Arkansas’ Wehiwa Aloy celebrated after scoring a run against Georgia in Athens, Ga., last Friday.

the tap water is well below the proposed limits after Sydney Water installed a temporary PFAS-filtration unit at its Cascade Filtration Plant at Katoomba. "As of the start of this year the water ...