The soul of Rancho Santa Fe should never be sold As the author of the Cultural Landscape Report for Osuna Ranch and the ...

One of the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience’s most prolific and versatile contributors is the ‘Independent’s’ Matt Kettmann.

Press Democrat readers comment on scientific research cuts, and more.

This week, we’d like to introduce you to one of our interns here at the Indy! Meet Emma Eckert, one of the writers in this ...

The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, part of the Dramatists Guild that works to defend theatre writers from censorship and ...

George Yatchisin George Yatchisin is slated to be Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate, the County of Arts and Culture, in partnership with ...

I was one of those American sailors who assisted in the rescue of some of the Vietnamese “boat people.” ...

This is a story with a happy ending. Children are reading and loving it. Hundreds of elementary and junior high school ...

Santa Clara County has one of five county superintendents in the state who are appointed rather than elected by voters.

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts on Nico Iamaleava, the Kings in the playoffs, Shohei ...

Authorities in Sonoma County said a Santa Rosa man suspected of possessing child pornography was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of animal cruelty for sexual assaulting a small dog.

It happened on Saturday at around 2:30 a.m. near the 1700 block of Ocean Front Walk, according to the Santa Monica Police ...