Santa Barbara is looking to revitalize State Street, but safety and speeding e-bikes remain a major concern. “I was just ...

Mudslides and debris flows are a risk around Altadena, Pacific Palisades and other areas affected by the wildfires, which can ...

Lake Cachuma’s surface sparkles in the afternoon sunlight, the water lapping gently against the concrete walls of Bradbury ...

Mineralization occurs along veins, fractures, and in autobreccia matrix, all hosted in Miocene aged Tacaza formation volcanic ...

Here’s a selection of 20 world class Pinot Noir wines from Oregon and California, each awarded gold medals by Decanter and ...

News reports have warned about the Santa Ana winds and their power to turn modest wildfires into conflagrations. Here’s why these wind patterns can be so destructive. The Santa Ana winds (named ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Sacramento – The Damage Inspections Dashboard that includes a detailed map of inspected homes is now available for properties ...

When seeds are planted beneath the soil they enter a new world—a world ... “SmartFirmer will give you a row-by-row high-resolution map like you’ve never seen.” The sensor technology ...

A pregnant Santa Barbara woman plummeted to her death while hiking in Greece over the holidays. Clara Thomann, 33, fell about 164 feet down a gorge on the Greek island of Crete on Dec. 23 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California was the only lawmaker to vote against authorizing the use of ...

40 per cent of the world's soil is already degraded, but the problem could get much worse. A new global think tank is warning soil degradation is increasing and threatening food security and ...