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2024年10月31日 · In a world that glorifies hustle and celebrates busyness, it’s easy to get swept up in the idea that urgency equals importance. But one thing is clear: A lack of preparation on your part does not give you the right to hijack my time

2025年1月31日 · Find In Memoriams, death notices and obituaries in the Santa Barbara Independent. Published weekly in-print and online.

2024年10月16日 · I honestly don’t know how much I would have enjoyed Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel, Tell Me Everything, if I hadn’t already been familiar with the major characters from her previous books.There’s cantankerous but big-hearted Olive Kitteridge of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and also Olive, Again.Then we have novelist Lucy Barton of My Name Is Lucy Barton and Lucy by the Sea, and ...

2025年1月5日 · Among the changes taking place at Platform Holly is the disconnection from the electrical power coming from the shore. What was once a productive oil rig two miles off the Goleta coast has been de-staffed for the first time since the 1960s, said Sheri Pemberton with the State Lands Commission.Instead, beacon lights illuminate each corner of the platform for boats and an aircraft beacon is set ...

2025年1月2日 · The following day, we drive to Laguna Figueroa on a route taken countless times by tourists toward Torres del Paine. A two-hour walk leads us first along Chorrillo Picana, Picana Creek, then up the side of a hill, where we crouch down through dwarf forests of the twisted low growing ñire, Antarctic beech.This is surely a place where los duendes, spirits of …

2024年10月17日 · “While our staff works hard to create a fantastic print issue each week, we also put in tireless hours to ensure that our digital presence is always up to date,” said Don Brubaker, the Indy’s web content manager.To illustrate his point: Last month, Brubaker and others here published more than 1,600 articles, reviews, announcements, and other pieces of community news to Independent.com.

2024年12月8日 · Joe Cheverez passed away peacefully, with a beautiful smile on his face, at 11 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2024. He was in home-based hospice care for the last week and a half of his life.

2024年11月24日 · Incorporating traditional roots of musicianship, as well as harmonies with sounds inspired by everything from Western swing to Jefferson Airplane, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway have pioneered bluegrass for the 21st-century listener.

2024年11月28日 · George Armstrong, a cherished resident of Santa Barbara, went to be with the Lord on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2024, at the age of 86. Born on December 21, 1937, in Owosso, Michigan, George was the son of Floyd and Frances Armstrong.