SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – On Monday, the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County announced the acquisition of Steelhead Lookout, extending protection for the entire length of Arroyo Hondo Creek. The ...

Search and rescue team members practice rappelling techniques at Arroyo Hondo Bridge. Credit: RLC Photography Members of the Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue (SAR) team spent Sunday training on ...

The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County has been working to purchase 48 acres of rolling hills along U.S. Route 101 State Scenic Highway, and next door to the Arroyo Hondo Preserve. The Land Trust is ...

Sometimes the things that are easiest to see are the easiest to miss. Take the Arroyo Hondo Preserve, a 782-acre park sprawling alongside the US 101 North. The preserve protects a beautiful riparian ...

Six hundred years ago, Native Americans made their homes along the banks of what would later be called the Hondo River southeast of Santa Fe. About 100 years ago, a Chicago banker unsuccessfully tried ...

Mike Hodgson [email protected] May 9, 2022 May 9, 2022 Updated May 17, 2022 When the Alisal fire swept across the Gaviota Coast last October, the 782-acre Arroyo Hondo Preserve — a canyon ...

In these dry times, consider those who made the difficult decision to leave this area in the early 1400s. The pueblo they had built on the bluff was no longer thriving. The grass-covered remains of ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Gaviota, CA – [March 7,2025] – In a significant conservation effort, over 200 critically endangered Southern California ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Members of the Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue (SAR) Team were using the Arroyo Hondo bridge for training on Sunday. The 100-foot-tall bridge near El Capitan ...

Spanish colonial land grant mixes with real estate to form legal limbo Fernando Martinez’s family has lived on the Arroyo Hondo Land Grant for more than two centuries, passing property from generation ...