NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Heather Schneider of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden about the garden's efforts to conserve seeds of rare plants from Santa Rosa Island, where a wildfire just burned.

The North Bay is going full rainbow this year, with Pride parades, drag shows and festivals rolling out from June through ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (April 29, 2026; Buellton, Calif.)—Alma Rosa Winery, located in the stunning Sta. Rita Hills wine region in Santa Barbara ...

SANTA CRUZ — This summer at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will have it all: vampires, dinosaurs, time travel, treasure hunts, body morphing and more. Visitors will have a front row seat to all of ...

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is bringing back one of summer’s favorite traditions: Free Movies on the Beach.Starting June 12, the Boardwalk will host free movie nights every Friday at 9 p.m. on the ...

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County will host the fourth annual All Moms All Babies One Mile Color Walk/Run at 10 a.m. April 18 at Bagdad Mill Site Park located at 4636 Forsyth St., ...

A woman died and a man was hospitalized after a Friday night duplex fire in Santa Rosa. Firefighters found the woman inside the home and the man outside; the blaze was reported by a neighbor around 10 ...

A California school district is teetering on the verge of collapse after out of control spending and hiring. Santa Rosa City Schools, which are about 1.5 hours north of San Francisco, have been ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Today it’s an Italianate apartment building wedged between an Indian restaurant and a Target. But what stood half ...

An elementary school in Santa Rosa is closed Tuesday after a lightning strike knocked out power at the campus, according to the Sonoma County Office of Education. Officials at Helen Lehman Elementary ...

(KRON) — At least six people were injured in Santa Rosa Friday when a woman drove a red Hyundai SUV drove into the facade of the Oliver’s Market grocery store at 560 Montecito Blvd. around 11:49 a.m., ...

Seven people were injured when a car crashed into a grocery store in Santa Rosa, fire officials said Friday. The incident was reported at around 11:49 a.m. at the Oliver's Market grocery store at 560 ...