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Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
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A Labor Day Question: Is Elon Musk Really Worse than Jay Gould?
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (429+ words) Today, the Top CEO Makes 281 Times More Than the Average Worker SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST: History, it turns out, does not repeat itself. It stutters. Mark Twain did not say that. I did. It’s stuttering right now. Over Labor Day. Every…...
More Solar Panels on the Horizon for Santa Barbara County
1+ week, 4+ day ago (300+ words) 16,000 Acres of Utility-Scaled Panels Now Proposed At Tuesday’s county board meeting, supervisors began seriously considering how to approach the installation of utility-scale solar systems. Supervisor Laura Capps told her fellow board members that other California counties were “far outpacing” Santa…...
City Unveils New Electric Vehicle Charging Station at the Eastside Library
3+ week, 4+ day ago (126+ words) SANTA BARBARA, CA – August 19, 2026 The City of Santa Barbara Sustainability & Resilience Department invites the community to celebrate the completion of the Eastside Library Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Project with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, August 26, at 11:00 a.m. at the…...