Oil spill recovery equipment designed by Victoria Broje for her 2006 PhD dissertation at UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management has evolved into the winner of this year’s million-dollar X Challenge contest.
On November 12, a group of proudly small-time winemakers will share their hard-to-find stuff in Paso Robles.
Teaching children to bicycle is not only a timeless tradition but an empowering experience.
Here are three bottles recently corked and enjoyed from The Santa Barbara Independent‘s wine cave.
Inside the debate between residents, developers, and county planners over what the next 20 years should look like in the Eastern Goleta Valley.
One year out, three keys to the political fate of an underdog president.
Veterans Day reminds me of my less-than heroic career in uniform.
Opponents criticize potential duty on crude production.
Homeless woman slips through service cracks.
A few years ago, we assigned contributor Darian Bleecher an article about the childbirth options in Santa Barbara, and the experience convinced the longtime writer/editor — who’s the author of this week’s cover story on the recently opened S.B. Birth Center — to become a doula herself.
