Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brother Michael Lamm O.F.M., a Franciscan friar, stands on the steps of the earthquake-damaged Mission Santa Barbara. This photo ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA, May 20, 2025 – At 6:44 am on June 29, 1925, a powerful earthquake devastated Santa Barbara, taking the ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – This year, Santa Barbara is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the earthquake that changed the course ...

The Hotel Californian in Santa Barbara was severely damaged by the 1925 earthquake. (Edson Smith Photo Collection / Santa Barbara Public Library ) The 1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake is known for the ...

CHANNEL ISLANDS REGION, Calif. (KEYT) – A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded 16 kilometers due north of Santa Barbara Island in the waters off the coast of California Thursday. The image below, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — There are conflicting death tolls from the 1925 earthquake. Most sources online state there were "13 deaths." However, Santa Barbara historian and local “Ambassador” Neal ...

The morning of June 29, 1925 was one Santa Barbara residents wouldn’t soon forget. In stories from survivors, they remember animals acting strange in the middle of the night, heavy rumbling that ...

One hundred years ago today, downtown Santa Barbara was devastated by an earthquake centered just offshore. The main commercial district, State Street, was in ruins. Some buildings completely ...