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(Photo by Daniel Dreifuss / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL DREIFUSS/AFP via Getty Images) The enormous surf that has battered the West Coast from Southern California all the way to Oregon created some ...

USA Today recently named two California cities the Best Small Towns in the West, including the No. 1 overall in the survey. Solvang, the Denmark-themed town in the Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country ...

The storms that hit California in early 2025 provided more glimpses of hope as the severe drought up and down the state dropped water levels to shocking all-time lows in previous years. Few areas have ...

Despite my 40-plus years living in California, I have yet to tire of city romps and off-the-beaten-path adventures in the Golden State. Even as a younger person, I knew a good thing when I had it ...

Another week, another set of editorial cartoons to break up the day. Here’s what we published in the Calgary Herald this past week. InStyle ...

The Los Rios Community College District continues to enforce a moratorium on “images and reproductions ... The district, which oversees four California community colleges, did not respond ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SOLVANG, CA –The City of Solvang Code Enforcement Division has launched a proactive wildfire preparedness initiative to help ...