Fairgoers await their drop on the Super Shot ride, which plunges more than 100 feet at a high speed, at the Santa Barbara County Fair on Friday. The fair runs through Sunday at the Santa Maria ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. The Santa Barbara County Fair is officially underway ...

Sasha Alarcon performs some last-minute trims on Brownie as the junior livestock barns at the Santa Maria Fairpark turn busy Monday ahead of the Santa Barbara County Fair. The fair begins Wednesday ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara County Fair begins its five-day run in Santa Maria beginning Wednesday afternoon. The annual event will take place at the Santa Maria Fairpark from Wednesday, ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara County Fair wrapped up Sunday night ending its five-day run at the Santa Maria Fairpark. According to Santa Maria Fairpark Board of Directors President Kevin ...

As the Santa Barbara County Fair approaches next month, a local nonprofit is working hard behind the scenes to make sure young livestock exhibitors don’t walk away empty-handed — and that thousands of ...

So far in 2026 we have been on a rollercoaster as far as our weather is concerned. Kevin Merrill of Mesa Vineyard Management is a board member of the Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau and director on ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Salvation Army of Santa Barbara will join the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department on ...