It's alphabet soup in letters to the editors this week, as readers write about the CPB, NPR, PBS, U-M, PFAS, CA and T-R-U-M-P.

Free Press readers wonder about everything from the future of the NFL's Rooney Rule to Medicaid cuts and the price of gas. Dive in!

Santa Barbara, CA – Presley Krintzman, a high school student at Santa Barbara High School, has been named a winner ...

In Tulsa, Okla., in their parks and along the river, are groups of trees, including ones near benches at walking trails, all donated by members of the community, as signs nearby attest. This is ...

Several hundred immigrants have been charged with unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the ...

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BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department will be kicking off its Free Lunchtime Concerts in Withers Park, 204 E. Washington St., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 28. The ...

It’s a sun-splashed morning in Santa Barbara, where the Pacific kisses the shore with a lover’s tenderness and the scent of bougainvillea wafts through ...

SAN JOSE — Santa Cruz County had just three swimmers ... And Monte Vista Christian freshman Easton Alanis took first in the boys’ 50 free para-athlete race in 36.06 and also qualified ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service ... Goleta Valley Historical Society, Greater Goleta Santa Barbara Lions Club, MarBorg, Quality Roofing, Santa Barbara Airbus, ...

The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez came at a time of cultural obsession with courts, crime and murder, when live televised ...

Over ten Stanford affiliates launched a hunger strike on Monday to protest for a free Palestine. The strikers have made four ...