Jean Yamamura

2 weeks ago | independent.com | Ryan Cruz |Callie Fausey |Tyler Hayden |Margaux Lovely |Christina McDermott |Nick Welsh | +1 more

Reign of Administrative (T)error How Trump’s First 100 Days in Office Have Shaken Out in Santa Barbara Reign of Administrative (T)errorHow Trump’s First 100 Days in Office Have Shaken Out in Santa BarbaraBy Ryan P. Cruz, Callie Fausey, Tyler Hayden, Margaux Lovely, Christina McDermott, Nick Welsh, and Jean YamamuraMay 1, 2025Credit: Ben CiccatiOne hundred days. Already, it seems like forever.

2 weeks ago | independent.com | Jean Yamamura

Santa Barbara’s May Day rally takes place at the courthouse steps this Thursday with a march to State Street to follow.

Jan 9, 2025 | independent.com | Callie Fausey |Nick Welsh |Jean Yamamura |Ryan Sabalow

Industrial agriculture has a bad reputation— making us sick and obese, polluting our waterways, causing widespread deforestation, reducing biodiversity, generating one-fourth of greenhouse gases, contaminating our soil with toxic chemicals, and creating large-scale animal suffering in dense feedlots. A UN report documents that big agriculture causes $3 trillion in damage to the global environment each year.

Jan 9, 2025 | independent.com | |Callie Fausey |Nick Welsh |Jean Yamamura

With the New Year bells still gently ringing and, hopefully, our collective hearts (and bellies!) full from holidays shared with loved ones near and far, the arrival of a new year gives me time to pause and think about what lies ahead in interior design trends. From upcoming client projects to trends predicted by design powerhouses Elle Decor and Architectural Digest, I’ve culled together a list of what I believe are the top home decorating trends for 2025.

Jan 9, 2025 | independent.com | Nick Welsh |Callie Fausey |Jean Yamamura |Ryan Sabalow

RIP, Mr. President: I could say something pseudo-clever like, “I come to bury Jimmy, not to praise him.” But that would be a lie. And Jimmy Carter — the “Jimmy” in question here — was the first, last, and only president who got elected by promising not to lie. Fat lot of good it did him. Carter was 100 when he died a on December 29. Not a minute too soon, when you consider present realities. His body now lies in state — which means in the U.S. Capitol, where lawmakers can look and wonder at the man.