A group of Santa Maria Valley barbecue teams organized by the Santa Barbara County Farmers and Ranchers Association traveled ...

Santa Maria Valley’s Restaurant Month shines the spotlight on the region’s distinct culinary culture. Now through Feb. 9, ...

You can watch Santa Claus' progress as he makes his way around the world on the NORAD Santa Tracker website. Make sure you leave some milk and cookies out, too.

Stocks tend to rise in what is known as a “Santa Claus rally” over the period that spans the last five trading days of the year through the first two of the next.

IDAHO FALLS — The holidays are over and 2024 is behind us. The EastIdahoNews.com team loved working with a local Secret Santa over the past two months as he gifted $1 million to deserving people ...

No matter how you choose to celebrate, these ideas ensure a joyful and meaningful start to the New Year. Consider throwing a glow-in-the-dark party, organising unique games, or organising a treasure ...

Santa brings presents to kids in Greece on New Year’s Eve rather than on Christmas Eve. Photo of Santa with girl. Credit: vastateparksstaff / wikimedia commons CC BY 2.0 In the Greek Orthodox ...

Santa Ana winds are expected to usher in dry wildfire conditions for Southern California on New Year’s Eve, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures are forecast to be in the ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Almost 50 years on from her death, however, the public perception of Maria Callas all too often skews in one direction: the tortured female star.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If ever a star cried out to be immortalised on screen, surely it was the glamorous and tempestuous Maria ...

Maria ­Callas was only 45 when she grimly assessed her situation during an interview with the critic John Ardoin. She had played all her cards and lost every round, and ­although she would ...

A Russian video depicting Santa Claus being shot down as he entered Moscow airspace has gone viral on social media. The clip emerged shortly after Russia was accused of being involved in the ...