Santa Barbara Independent

An eco-friendly treated wood called TimberSil tests off the California State Fire Marshal’s charts. Full Story »

In which the station is classed up, changed up, and livened up. Full Story »

CIF volleyball playoffs start Tuesday for Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara High. Full Story »

Pages and Sages previews lectures by New Yorker science writer Michael Specter and historical novelist Anita Diamant, both at USCB this week. Full Story »

Yoga Soup will host the first Santa Barbara signing for Under the Sneep Tree this Sunday. Full Story »

In 1950, the estate known as Miraflores became the college’s permanent home. Full Story »

Love ’em or hate ’em, it’s tough to deny the genius of the Flaming Lips. Full Story »

Habitat ReStore’s Creative Reuse Workshop on November 14 will teach you to make your own eco- and wallet-friendly gifts. Full Story »

Santa Barbara International Film Festival Director Roger Durling recently announced that Colin Firth will be receiving the Outstanding Performance of the Year Award during the 2010 festivities. Full Story »

Singer’s Sunday night show at the Lobero put off due to illness. Full Story »

Free workshop to educate Goleta and Isla Vista residents on legal housing issues. Full Story »

Two area nonprofits seek volunteers for delivery efforts and animal education programs. Full Story »

One boy and one girl are selected each year to lead the Holiday Parade in a horse-drawn carriage. Full Story »

Magic Lantern Films will screen the sci-fi hit District 9 this week. Full Story »

Orfalea Foundation finds many benefits to scheduling lunch after playground time. Full Story »

Many teenage girls obsessively compare themselves and others to the show’s characters. Full Story »

Surfer Greg Classen prints his designs on T-shirts, hoodies, and tank tops. Full Story »

Eye on I.V. proposes a sobering center for Isla Vista. Full Story »

An eager group of women athletes gathered in the leafy shade of the Women’s Athletic Club deck like girls in a tree house. Full Story »

Mom-and-Pop shop taking Montecito by storm to be featured on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars in December. Full Story »

Three now in custody on charges of knifing a teen two years ago on Westside. Full Story »

They lay eggs and have duckbills, but that’s not even the weirdest part. Full Story »

Fun and rebellious, absurd and pretty, exhibit running through December 20 embodies the Golden State. Full Story »

Fellow officers promise to be there for Jarrod Martinez’s wife and four-year-old daughter. Full Story »

Trails now open to the public after hydromulch work completed. Full Story »