Jan. 4, 7:25 a.m. As of 7 a.m. Sunday, northbound Highway 101 on the Central Coast is still closed due to flooding from the ...

Heavy rain Saturday morning led to flash flood warnings across a large stretch of Santa Barbara County and caused a debris ...

Pacific Surfliner service will be stopped for an undetermined amount of time, affecting northern Santa Barbara County, as the ...

Goleta is hosting a second Planning Commission workshop on the city’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) Project, 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 in City Hall Council ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. GOLETA, CA, June 10, 2025 – Fourth of July evening fun is back in the City of Goleta! Thanks to many generous local sponsors, ...

The community is invited to attend groundbreaking ceremonies for the Goleta Train Depot, 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at 27 S. La Patera Lane. The new full-service multi-modal train station will be ...

Reporting from GOLETA, Calif. — Traveling with a teenager doesn’t often offer appealing options for keeping parent and child equally entertained. Laid-back mom avoids commotion; high-energy kid craves ...

GOLETA, Calif. — As winter approaches, people travel to Ellwood Mesa in Goleta to see the thousands of western monarch butterflies. “Walking amongst these eucalyptus groves and seeing these bursts of ...

The roots of Goleta’s lemon industry go back wide and deep. Both lemons and oranges were initially brought to California by the Spanish during the establishment of the mission system in the late 18th ...

Mandatory evacuations were in place Saturday as a brush fire destroyed homes in Goleta during a Southern California heatwave. Firefighters responded to the blaze, dubbed the Holiday Fire, Friday night ...