Author: Erik Torkells

October 3, 2021

Timeline for Public Beach Access at Hollister Ranch

Other recent news: Santa Barbara County Planning Commission recommends denial of ExxonMobil project; who paid $28 million for Scooter Braun's Montecito estate; downtown landlord urges city to consider former St. Mary’s Seminary for homeless housing; how the mayoral candidates are faring; Cathedral Oaks road repair; Goleta to ban flavored tobacco products; Isla Vista and the imminent county redistricting; Vandenberg Space Force Base reopened beaches on base property. 4

Newsletter: October 3

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October 2, 2021

Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 1

September 30, 2021

The Central Coast Finally Gets Some Michelin Stars

More food news: Oat Bakery will be closed for a bit next week; the Rustic Canyon folks are opening a restaurant/bakery in Ojai with Kate's Breads; Healthy Warrior meal-prep service taking over former restaurant space on Chapala; winery opening in the Public Market; Foley Food & Wine Society debuted at the Hotel Californian. 1

This Is What Your House Looks Like on Acid

Noteworthy new listings also include midcentury lines on Padaro Beach, quaintness on Eucalyptus Hill, a turnkey 1930 Spanish bungalow, East Coast style on State Street, and more.

September 29, 2021

More Photos of the Padaro Lane Estate Asking $80 Million

Plus: Construction of underground pipeline to disrupt a swath of the city; Alt-J and Portugal. The Man to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; Asian American Neighborhood Festival on October 7; skincare business appears to be leaving Coast Village Road; "California on My Mind" at Sullivan Goss.

Newsletter: September 29

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September 28, 2021

Divinitree Yoga Studio Has a New Name

Plus: She & Him's Christmas show at the Arlington Theatre; updates on the renovation of Eastside Neighborhood Park and the Plaza Del Mar band shell; lecture about architect R.M. Schindler; apply to be on one of the city's Advisory Groups.

A Pair of One-Bedroom Cottages on Padaro Lane Sold for $12 Million

Last week's notable sales also include a big new Ennisbrook house for $12 million, a Birnam Wood midcentury with its own golf-cart gate, a 1922 Riviera fixer by Anna Louise Murphy Vhay, an 1895 house in Summerland, and many more.

September 27, 2021

Three Santa Barbara Restaurants Were Awarded Michelin’s Bib Gourmand

More food news: The county extended its parklet provision for another two years; a new sake-and-grapefruit spritz born in Montecito; a profile of the Good Plow; activity at a former restaurant space on Chapala; the Santa Barbara Lobster Fest is coming up. 1