Congratulations to the Cape Coral High School Class of 2025! About 430 students earned their diplomas on Thursday.

The Santa Barbara Soccer Club honored 19 high school seniors that will continue their soccer career in college. The club had ...

Santa Barbara Soccer Club held a ceremony on Friday night for its 19 high school seniors who have signed to play soccer at ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 14, 2025 — Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is proud to announce its 76th Annual Commencement ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — It’s a slam dunk for the future of Santa Barbara. That’s according to a handful of student athletes we spoke with. “There's not a lot of indoor basketball courts ...

A team-by-team breakdown for each of the eight teams that will play in the Women's College World Series, starting Thursday at Devon Park in Oklahoma City ...

Extraordinary educators from schools and districts across Santa Barbara County were honored at the 2025 Education ...

The newest college sports mascot in Texas can be found at games and campus events on the shores of Galveston. Galveston College unveiled the design for its first mascot, Rip Tide, this week.

Santa Barbara Zoo officials announced on Facebook the passing of Kisa, their elderly snow leopard. Kisa was born at the Denver Zoo in 2008 and came to Santa Barbara in 2019 when she was 11 years old.

Martinez, a registered Democrat, is filling a vacancy after Judge Jean Dandona recently retired. She will be sworn in on May 27. Martinez has a long legal history in Santa Barbara. Since 2018 she ...

Aly Erario kept a massive secret all through college — and when she took off the mascot head at graduation, her best friends were left speechless Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Liz Hamel, 18, was found unconscious outside a dorm on the campus of the University of California Santa Barbara Feb. 14 after apparently falling from a breezeway. She died days later. But what ...