Pandya, an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara, draws inspiration from E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, where an ambiguous cave incident fuels questions of truth and perception.

Buc-ee's first Virginia location has opened off Interstate 81 in Rockingham County, boasting 120 fuel pumps, souvenirs and ...

Officials from both governments agreed to move forward with the group. But the future of decision-making and cost burden is still unclear.

Barbara Diamond is a journalist living in Jerusalem, Israel. She has been a political activist on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people for over fifty years, having participated in political and ...

Reporter Christina McDermott joins The Santa Barbara Independent’s news team as a Mickey Flack Fellow, focusing on housing equity. Christina comes from the world of public radio, having interned and ...

Who are the worst Batman villains ever? The ones who break his body, twist his mind, and prove Gotham will never truly be his.

Ryan P. Cruz is a homegrown journalist, born and raised in Santa Barbara. Since joining the Santa Barbara Independent in 2021, he has covered a broad range of topics, including city government, ...