13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (790+ words) Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 children’s online protection bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. An AI chatbot coaching a teenager to isolate himself from friends and family…...

17+ hour, 54+ min ago   (601+ words) Is History Repeating Itself? Excavations of Castell Gwyn (the White Castle) in Monmouth, Wales, recently unearthed the diary of Drws Modrwy — the Welsh Court Jester of England’s King John. John briefly lived in the White Castle for two separate terms....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (776+ words) More Than 560 People Still Face Death Sentences in California, Despite a Longstanding Moratorium on Executions In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the state’s death penalty system a failure and issued an executive order halting executions. His order — and the sight…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (335+ words) Rule Change — Which Takes Effect on September 14 — Could Impact Santa Barbara County’s Endangered Species, Environmentalists Warn After the Trump administration introduced a new rule to weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA), California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit to…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (9+ words) I appreciated Hannah-Beth Jackson’s moving remembrance of Gloria Steinem....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (273+ words) Gonzalez takes the Java Station stage four days after the premiere of her new Hulu special, Mamona Comedian, writer and actor Vanessa Gonzalez will headline Wasted Potential Comedy at Java Station in Santa Barbara on Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m., just four…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (578+ words) A new fund at UC Santa Barbara will help students transform ideas at the intersection of Indigenous studies and environmental action into projects with community impact. The Kenneth Robert Lincoln Indigenous Environmental Projects Fund will make grants of up to…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (82+ words) In other words, humble documentation of the legend, the man and the myth … and the lover. Fri, Sep 11 2:00 PM Sun, Sep 13 9:00 AM Fri, Sep 11 5:00 PM Fri, Sep 11 7:30 PM Sat, Sep 12 9:00 AM Sat, Sep 12 10:00 AM Sun, Sep 13 10:30 AM Sun, Sep 13 1:00 PM…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (142+ words) Friends, Everything you need to know is here … Today’s existential question: “Just what is the Planned Parenthood Book Sale?”Is it the place to be for a huge, gala party?Like Madonnari chalk paintings — arty and smarty?The annual Fiesta…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (296+ words) Meet The Woman Behind Our Newest Real Estate Column Welcome to Good Bones, my new column in the Santa Barbara Independent. You might be asking, “Who are you, and why do you have a column in the Indy Real Estate…...