Santa Barbara, CA | The Santa Barbara Independent | May 31, 2024 | In 1914, the blossoming motion picture production company Flying A Studios catapulted Santa Barbara’s St. Vincent’s orphanage into a dazzling limelight of international fame with the release of a one-reel silent film, Beppo....
Santa Barbara, CA | The Santa Barbara Independent | September 7th, 2023 In the latter half of the 19th century Santa Barbara became a mecca for people suffering from chronic respiratory illnesses. The publication of books, such as Charles Nordhoff’s California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence in 1873,...
Santa Barbara, CA | The Santa Barbara Independent | April 11th, 2023 The connections between Santa Barbara and the history of the Civil War aren’t well-known. Although the state of California played a major role in ensuring the Union’s decisive victory, the city was far removed...
THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2022 | The COVID-19 pandemic may loom less menacing now than it did two years ago, but we are not out of the woods yet. As of this writing, new cases are still being registered each week...