SANTA BARBARA, CA – The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission is proud to celebrate another milestone in its long-standing commitment to restoring lives and breaking the cycle of addiction and homelessness. On ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, CA – The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission is honored to celebrate another milestone in its longstanding commitment ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - "This is Chumash Land" could be seen spray-painted in red on a wall near Old Mission Santa Barbara Friday morning. It is unknown at this time who vandalized the wall on private ...

SANTA BARBARA — Two towering housing projects proposed mere steps from the iconic Old Mission Santa Barbara have sparked a fierce preservation showdown, pitting urgent housing needs against historic ...

Father Jack Clark Robinson, the director of the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, with collections manager Andrew Walsh in the Mission Gallery. Credit: Julia McHugh / Noozhawk photo Father Jack ...

Armed with a first-class relic of St. Junípero Serra, more than 300 faithful began their pilgrimage from Mission Santa Barbara to the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, in Ventura, California, Aug.

What was meant to be SpaceX's final mission of 2025 from California will now be the first of 2026. Here's when and where to ...

For its final mission of 2025 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, SpaceX will launch tis Falcon 9 to deliver to orbit a ...