Phone-free classroom policies are getting high marks in the Santa Barbara Unified School District. They are also inspiring ...

Sonoma County residents will soon have a state-of-the-art courthouse, with construction on the long-awaited six-story building to wrap more than a year behind schedule.

On Tuesday, $1.4 million in federal funding was issued to build an additional 8.7 miles of contiguous multi-use paths ...

As 2024 ends, we remember prominent individuals who called Iowa home, whether for a lifetime or a brief chapter.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, and Camarillo Areas from Tripod Inc. Santa Barbara, CA – December 16, 2024 – BrightStar Care of ...

With a week to go until Christmas Eve, I looked to see how much press we’ve given Santa Claus this year. The answer, unfortunately, was not much. We hadn’t published his photo. He had been ...

As he stated at October's press conference, he said the FOMC thinks that both the economy and policy are "in a good place." Update at 2:42 PM ET: The statement signals that the Fed is "at or near ...

SANTA CRUZ — With less ... according to the Associated Press. Ray Cancino, CEO of Community Bridges, said after Trump took office in 2017, the county experienced a 30% enrollment reduction ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discussed the central bank’s decision Wednesday to cut the benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 4.25% and 4.5%, a two-year low, after the Fed cut ...

Then Fed Chair Jerome Powell takes the stage. Investors will watch his press conference, scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., for insights into the path forward for rates next year and beyond ...

Credit: Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo Firefighters stationed in the Lompoc Valley became one cat’s best friends after a rescue Tuesday morning. Members of the Santa Barbara County ...

She added she will look to Powell's post-meeting press conference for an indication of what the Fed will do next. "I expect that Powell will signal that the pace of cuts will slow next year which ...