A Look Inside Ancora Osteria, Opening This Week in the Upper Village
More food news: More on Milio's Pizza, also debuting this week; Local's new menu; afternoon tea in the gardens of the Simpson House Inn; Milpas Street soul food opening soon; update on upstairs at the Maritime Museum building; checking out Sweetaly Gelato; Greek Festival in Chase Palm Park. 2
More on the Nordstrom Residential Conversion
Other recent news: Gun shop's new location causes concern; new "rage room" on State Street; massive solar arrays could be allowed soon; inside a handsome house at Mussel Shoals; Carpinteria’s Franklin Creek Trail closed for improvements; grim prognosis for Santa Rosa Island's Torrey pines. 7
Can Anything Be Done About Biting Midges?
"Whenever I'm on my lawn, I get bitten by something so small I don't see it. The bites swell up into welts that itch for a week. I've found reports of midges in other parts of California, but not so much here, except for a post on Reddit. Do you know what they are?" 7
Recent Comments
They’re horrible! I’m in the Barker Pass area, and most of us have finally put it together after years of being told there are no… — Lauren
We have chiggers in Mission Canyon. Notably their bites last at least two weeks, and are very itchy and blister-like. A real joy. — anonymous from mission canyon
Where were you when they opened up a tobacco store that sells drugs, mushrooms, nitrous among other things one block from a junior high school… — Tina
Yikes - that’s a pretty callous take on the gun store location concerns. I think it’s pretty valid to be upset about a gun store… — Courtney
Relevant chunk from CNN article: Some trees died immediately, the assessments found, but the long-term outlook is even more bleak: 60% to 80% of the… — jl
I've heard these insects identified as no-see-ums (not the scientific name lol). I've been plagued by their bites in the past, symptoms developing following a… — Victoria
Interesting. I’d never heard of these before. I would like to point out though, that another possibility is chiggers. We do have them here in… — Lauren