What is Santa Barbara Independent?
{{Infobox newspaper | name = The Santa Barbara Independent | image = Santa Barbara Independent logo.jpg | caption = | type = [[Alternative newspaper]] | format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] | foundation = 1986 | ceased publication = | price = | owners = | publisher = Brandi Rivera | chiefeditor = Marianne Partridge | language = | circulation = 40,000 | headquarters = 1715 State St.<br>[[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], [[California|CA]] 93101<br>United States | ISSN = | website = {{official URL}} }} The '''''Santa Barbara Independent''''' is a newspaper that comes out every Thursday in [[Santa Barbara, California]], in the United States. It includes news and information about arts. It is an alternative newspaper, and offers different viewpoints compared to mainstream newspapers. The Santa Barbara Independent was started in November 1986. It was created by merging two older papers: The Santa Barbara News & Review, which began in 1973, and The Santa Barbara Weekly, which started in 1984.<ref name=history>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.com/history/ |title=History of The Independent |work=Santa Barbara Independent |access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Newspapers in California]] [[Category:Santa Barbara, California]]