Weathers agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.35 million with the Marlins on Thursday to avoid arbitration, Isaac Azout of FishOnFirst.com reports. Weathers opened the 2025 campaign on the Marlins' ...

Richard Smallwood, the eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer, has died. He was 77. A representative for Smallwood confirmed the "Total Praise" musician died on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at ...

Michele Singer Reiner was the guiding force in the lives of her family, stressing the need to help and respect one another. By Talya Minsberg For this story, Talya Minsberg spoke with 10 of Michele ...

Joe Ely, the progressive country music pioneer and renowned Texas singer-songwriter, has died. He was 78. Ely died on Monday, Dec. 15, at his home in Taos, New Mexico, due to complications of Lewy ...

In solidarity with First 5 California and its statement honoring the lives and legacies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, First 5 Santa Barbara County joins in mourning the profound loss of two ...

The Texas native and Grammy winner recorded with Bruce Springsteen and Los Super Seven and opened for the Clash and the Rolling Stones. By The Associated Press, THR Staff Joe Ely, the influential ...

Timothy Roger Weathers has been civilly committed as a sexually violent predator since 2000 following child-molestation convictions in San Diego and Stanislaus counties. State of California Department ...

Santa Barbara Strings will present its Winter Concert, 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Music Academy of the West. More than 70 young string players from across Santa Barbara County have been ...

The 2025-2026 music season is underway with excellent programs by many of our main presenters. The Monterey Symphony began its 80th subscription series with two dynamic programs led by music director ...

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Tuesday they are investigating a trip singer D4vd took to the Santa Barbara area sometime during the spring of 2025 following the disappearance of Celeste ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara Strings is pleased to announce its Winter Concert on Saturday, December 13, at 4pm at the Music Academy of the ...

In her last match for Marist, senior right-side hitter Savanah Weathers helped the RedHawks win their second straight Class 4A state championship. It was a great way to go out, for sure, but reality ...