Thanks to its nutrient-rich waters, Santa Barbara, California, is considered one of the best places on the West Coast for ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif. — January 13, 2026 — Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is pleased to announce the kickoff of a year-long ...

The Santa Barbara Channel is a hotbed of biodiversity, thanks to the many species whose ranges meet and overlap in the area. As a transition zone between the cold water of the California Current and ...

Celebrate the Santa Barbara Channel’s bounty and the hardworking commercial fishermen who harvest it at the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 at ...

Ten of us plus a crew of three set out around 7:30 on a recent morning on our Orca Quest from Channel Islands Harbor aboard the Tern, a 30-foot zodiac operated by Pacific Offshore Expeditions. The ...