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The Santa Barbara Independent

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The Santa Barbara Independent

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Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.

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description Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
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site_name The Santa Barbara Independent
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  • [H3] Santa Barbara Rental Property Association to Legally Challenge Rent Freeze
  • [H3] Santa Barbara County Supes Face Budget Bloodbath
  • [H3] Habitat for Humanity Cranes In ADU on Santa Barbara’s Cota Street
  • [H3] Housing Authority of City of Santa Barbara Asks If You’ll Help ‘Adopt a Home’
  • [H3] Bonta Says Nursing Is a Profession, Opposes Federal Loan Caps
  • [H3] Blood Moon Rising: Total Lunar Eclipse Visible in Santa Barbara 
  • [H3] Santa Barbara Snowboarder Competing in Paralympics
  • [H3] multimedia Stories
  • [H3] Arts & Entertainment
  • [H3] UCSB Middle East Ensemble Winter Concert
  • [H3] Food & Drink
  • [H3] Sip to Support Santa Barbara’s Women Winemakers & Culinarians
  • [H3] Living
  • [H3] Lost and Found
  • [H3] Sports
  • [H3] Dos Pueblos Softball Defeats Ventura 10-0 in Channel League Opener
  • [H3] Real Estate
  • [H3] Compass Santa Barbara Celebrates 10 Years of Shaping the Local Real Estate Landscape
  • [H3] The Print Issue
  • [H3] Announcements
  • [H3] Contribute
  • [H3] Login
  • [H4] Goleta Punk Show Raises Money for Undocumented Families
  • [H4] Shaping S.B. Response to Regime’s Deportation Raids: ‘Fear by Design: ICE Tactics, Impact, and What We Can Do About It”
  • [H4] UCSB Arts & Lectures ‘Air Time’ | Tiler Peck: Curating the Jerome Robbins Festival
  • [H4] UCSB Arts & Lectures ‘Air Time’: Jon Cleary of Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
  • [H4] Waves Crash over Santa Barbara Breakwater
  • [H4] One Last Look at the 2026 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
  • [H4] Bill Brown Chides ICE for “Excesses” – But Says Sheriff Must Stay “Neutral” Amid Anti-Immigrant Crusade
  • [H4] ‘Welcome to Isla Vista’ Episode 6: The Cliff’s Edge 
  • [H4] Outstanding Directors, Outstanding Conversationalists
  • [H4] It’s One Love Fest After Another with DiCaprio, Penn, and Del Toro
  • [H6] Premiere Events
  • [H6] Columns
  • [H6] Opinions
  • [H6] Letters

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