This interview is an edited version of several conversations with Goleta Councilmember Luz Reyes-Martín. The grief and anger caused by the crackdown on immigration sparked an outcry heard at county and city meetings this summer, when residents vented thei... See more
A heatwave this past August caused air conditioning units to fail across Santa Barbara, including at the federal bankruptcy court at 1415 State Street. The heat that grew intolerable on the second floor might just bring about the removal of the Santa Barb... See more
I am writing to share Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s (SBAS) appreciation to the Independent and Callie Fausey for the November 6 report “Flora Fatality: Unknown Assailant Chops Trees at Lake Los Carneros in Goleta” about vandals illegally chopping down t... See more
Goleta West Sanitary District is facing the consequences of flooding more than one million gallons of raw sewage into the Goleta Slough right before a four-day storm dropped more than 10 inches of rain in the watershed above. In a settlement that is still... See more
Work is proceeding toward an April 2026 completion date on 32 rooms being taken apart and put together again at the old Mountain View Inn at the corner of State and De la Vina streets to become permanent supportive housing. At a small get-together on Nove... See more
