Each year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) takes a break from its regular mission of defending North American airspace to embark on a festive tradition: tracking Santa Claus ...

The tradition of tracking Santa Claus began accidentally in 1955, when a misprinted phone number in a Sears ad directed calls to CONAD. Colonel Shoup improvised, giving children Santa updates.

This list originally ran on December 1, 2022. But in honor of Santa’s annual tour around the world, we’re republishing it today. There’s exactly one criterion for a great performance of ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. The U.S. Supreme Court announced [December 13] that it will ...

Santa Clara University is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. Santa Clara University confers degrees through various schools, such as ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, CA) – Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) announces their Conservation, Environment, and Public Trails Grants (CEPT ...

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The main suspect in the murder of veteran journalist Barbara Gayle is now in police custody. Observer Online understands that the man was found hiding in bushes in St ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to detection of bird flu in dairy cows, stating this action will streamline the state’s response. Newsom’s ...