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1 天前 · Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
‘Lack of Planning on Your Part Doesn’t Constitute an Emergency …
2024年10月31日 · In a world that glorifies hustle and celebrates busyness, it’s easy to get swept up in the idea that urgency equals importance. But one thing is clear: A lack of preparation on your part does not give you the right to hijack my time
Obituaries - The Santa Barbara Independent
2025年1月15日 · Find In Memoriams, death notices and obituaries in the Santa Barbara Independent. Published weekly in-print and online.
California Boosts Paid Family Leave and Disability Benefits to …
2025年1月2日 · What you need to know: California boosted Paid Family Leave and Disability Insurance benefits up to 90 percent of regular pay for many workers—a landmark increase that will make it much easier for Californians to take time off for an illness or injury, or to care for loved ones. SACRAMENTO—California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) today announced a major boost in Paid Family ...
Book Review | ‘Tell Me Everything’ by Elizabeth Strout
2024年10月16日 · I honestly don’t know how much I would have enjoyed Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Tell Me Everything, if I hadn’t already been familiar with the major characters from her previous books.There’s cantankerous but big-hearted Olive Kitteridge of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and also Olive, Again.Then we have novelist Lucy Barton of My Name Is Lucy Barton and Lucy by the Sea, and ...
In a California “First,” Commissioner Lara Announces Enforcement …
2024年12月13日 · SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Today Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara enforced his “first of its kind” catastrophe modeling and ratemaking regulation, a central part of his Sustainable Insurance Strategy to increase coverage in wildfire-distressed areas of the state.
Call to artists: NIP IT IN THE BUD/2nd Fridays Art
5 天之前 · 2nd FRIDAYS ART @ Santa Barbara Tennis Club ANNUAL JURY CALL TO ARTISTS. The theme for this competition is the flower of your imagination. To nip something in the bud literally means to remove a part of the flower to stop it from growing any larger.
Film Review | ‘Emilia Pérez’ Is an Audaciously Over-the-Top Original
2024年11月4日 · An incredible roller coaster of a film, I can easily imagine Bill Hader’s Stefon character from Saturday Night Live describing Emilia Pérez: “It’s got drug kingpins, drag queens, courtroom drama, characters returning from the dead, a Bonnie and Clyde–level kidnapping, but it’s also a family drama, a story of female empowerment, an exploration of …
Santa Barbara Organizations Launch Partnership to Pilot Clean, …
2025年1月9日 · Santa Barbara, CA (January 8, 2025) — Unite to Light, Dragon Q Energy, and the James S. Bower Foundation have announced a groundbreaking partnership to pilot a new solar-powered energy solution aimed at enhancing community resilience and combating climate change. The collaboration will introduce Dragon Q Energy’s PowerPole—a compact, solar-integrated, off-grid power system—in ten ...
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