Barney was good-natured, had a great sense of humor, and had an unparalleled zest for life. He was interested in everything.

Elderly residents at the Battistone Foundation's Edgerly and Palm Tree properties tell their stories as their homes go on the auction block.

Monthly Film Festival also featured writer-director Jess Dang’s debut feature narrative Surrender, and an opened with a ...

Created by Ted Lasso showrunner Bill Lawrence, the single-camera, laugh-track-free sitcom followed a group of medical interns ...

Music Box Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to "The Summer Book," starring Glenn Close.

Joe Wein buys a lot of books, intrigued by the subject, but he doesn't always read them from cover to cover. But a decade or so ago the Los Angeles-based filmmaker happened to see a copy of Mainer ...

We’re thrilled to share that our own local wine‑travel columnist, Jamie Knee, a k a Petite Wine Traveler, will guide viewers ...

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Chief Probation Officer Holly Benton announced today that Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week will be celebrated ...

Caamp, an indie-flavored folk band, received no fanfare as they walked onto the Bowl’s stage last Friday night. There were no ...

The Binational Independent Film Festival is celebrating its 25th edition with a powerful tribute to cinema on both sides of ...

Tenants declared a rent strike in January 2025, and by April the criminal case against Knapp was diverted, with Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Raimundo Montes de Oca ruling that Knapp needed to ...