Authorities in Santa Barbara County are preparing for this year’s Deltopia, a weekend-long unsanctioned street party notorious for arrests, citations and hospitalizations. The massive beachfront party ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Isla Vista, CA — Building on the success of February’s inaugural We Are Isla Vista: Community Care Project, the Isla Vista ...

Santa Barbara officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will distribute approximately a thousand free bike lights, ...

Officers from the Santa Barbara Area California Highway Patrol (CHP) office respond to Isla Vista several times a year to investigate injury traffic crashes involving bicyclists, the CHP reports. One ...

The Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD) has partnered with Aegis and Pacific Pride Foundation to install the Isla Vista Health & Safety Vending Machine, providing 24/7 access to essential ...

Over the last 30 years, 14 people, including three University of California, Santa Barbara, students, have fallen to their deaths from the same stretch of cliffs in Isla Vista, a neighborhood along ...

Santa Barbara County officials have closed the beaches in Isla Vista over the weekend in anticipation of Deltopia, the raucous spring break party that has drawn thousands of local college students ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA - Saturday night, a 2.5 magnitude quake was recorded close to Isla Vista, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was reported that a tremor rattled the region at 11:16 ...