While the Santa Barbara Independent continues to cover how these actions are impacting local agencies and institutions that rely on federal support, we’re also asking our readers to share how they are ...

Barbra's back in the studio. Barbra Streisand is keeping her fans fed, announcing a brand new studio album less than a year after the release of "My Name Is Barbra," a tell-all memoir chronicling ...

This album cover image released by Columbia Records shows "The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two" by Barbra Streisand. (Columbia Records via AP) This album cover image released by Columbia ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand is still a woman in love, and she'll do anything to get you into her world. That includes a new collection of duets with some of the biggest names in music.

A passenger in a passing vehicle expresses his support for protesters in Santa Barbara on Wednesday opposing cuts to Social Security. Nearly 100 people gathered at the Social Security ...

After months of deliberations, the trustees of Barbara Gladstone’s estate have tapped Sotheby’s to begin the sales of the legendary art dealer’s collection. Let’s call it an amuse bouche.

The Santa Barbara Fair & Expo has returned to the Earl Warren Showgrounds for two back-to-back weekends. Organizers say this year's 1980s flashback theme will transport fairgoers back in time with ...

Though she admits that the real estate market is still vulnerable to turbulence, "Shark Tank" star and real estate investor Barbara Corcoran claims the "uncertainty" could offer a silver lining ...

Santa Barbara County could get more rain than Ventura and Los Angeles Counties with up to a quarter of an inch of rain expected, Lewis said. The mountain areas could get up to half an inch of rain ...

“The first time I saw Kris [Kristofferson] performing at the Troubadour club in L.A. I knew he was something special,” remembered Barbra Streisand following Kristofferson’s death in 2024.

Barbara Michael Sanders peacefully passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2025, as the sun rose on Easter morning. She was 66 years old. Born in Hanover, Pennsylvania on November 26, 1958, Barbara was ...