The Santa Barbara Independent
3 days ago · Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
‘Lack of Planning on Your Part Doesn’t Constitute an Emergency …
Oct 31, 2024 · In a world that glorifies hustle and celebrates busyness, it’s easy to get swept up in the idea that urgency equals importance. But one thing is clear: A lack of preparation on your part does not give you the right to hijack my time
Santa Barbara Votes: 2024 General Election Results
Nov 5, 2024 · It’s the 2024 General Election, and in the biannual independent.com tradition, we’ll be using this page to deliver results, reactions, and reports from the various election night parties happening throughout Santa Barbara County.. Our reporters will be out and about to get the scoop while Executive Editor Nick Welsh writes these updates, which typically run …
Obituaries - The Santa Barbara Independent
Dec 16, 2024 · Find In Memoriams, death notices and obituaries in the Santa Barbara Independent. Published weekly in-print and online.
Book Review | ‘Tell Me Everything’ by Elizabeth Strout
Oct 16, 2024 · I honestly don’t know how much I would have enjoyed Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Tell Me Everything, if I hadn’t already been familiar with the major characters from her previous books.There’s cantankerous but big-hearted Olive Kitteridge of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and also Olive, Again.Then we have novelist Lucy Barton of My Name Is Lucy Barton and Lucy by the Sea, and ...
String of Fatal Vehicle Collisions Claim Three Lives in Santa Barbara ...
Oct 1, 2024 · The last two days brought a series of vehicle collisions in Santa Maria and Santa Barbara that cost three people their lives, including that of an 11-year-old girl.
In Memoriam: Emma Lou Diemer 1927-2024 - The Santa Barbara …
Oct 7, 2024 · Emma Lou Diemer — extraordinary person, musician, and composer — left her beloved world this past June 2 at the ripe age of 96. She would readily admit to having been very fortunate, living a healthy and long life, loving her family, her dearest Marilyn, and her adopted town of Santa Barbara very much.
In Memoriam Leonard Russel Lamensdorf - The Santa Barbara …
Oct 21, 2024 · The day before he died at age 94, while Len Lamensdorf was being treated in the ER for heart failure, he was also fielding offers, through his suddenly savvy nurses, from production companies in Hollywood.
Review | beabadoobee’s This Is How Tomorrow Moves Tour
Oct 5, 2024 · Pivoting later to more rock sounds, beabadoobee now celebrates 90’s rock bands while maintaining the same openness in her earlier works. With a set of her best songs over the years, beabadoobee has been touring to promote the release of her latest album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves. After her opening song “California,” beabadoobee played a few older songs, including “Talk,” “10:36 ...
Sharon S. McBride - The Santa Barbara Independent
Oct 21, 2024 · Sharon Sue McBride, as kind and generous a person as anyone could ever hope to meet, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2024, at Sarah House Hospice in Santa Barbara.