December 5, 2025
Just Listed
Supersize Spec Compound South of the Freeway
Noteworthy new listings also include a fixer on Eucalyptus Hill; Riviera ranch house with potential; contemporary spec reno above N. Patterson Avenue; one of those East Mesa houses elevated off the street; 1923 cottage in the Bungalow Haven District; West Beach landmark; and more. 2
November 21, 2025
November 14, 2025
November 7, 2025
October 31, 2025
Will McCormick House Become a Private Residence Once Again?
Noteworthy new listings also include East Coast–style traditional in Hope Ranch; turnkey Montecito with a catch; one of the quirkier living rooms we've seen in a while; cute 1930s bones in San Roque; and a woodsy specimen on the back of the Riviera. 2
October 24, 2025
A Beach House Straight Out of Cape Cod
Noteworthy new listings also include a classic Padaro Lane cottage; big views on Park Lane, the Lower Riviera, and Alta Mesa; Samarkand fixer for $8 million; 1926 Spanish Colonial in San Roque; rustic stylings outside Los Olivos; a ghostly half-finished manor; and more. 2
October 17, 2025
October 10, 2025
October 3, 2025
September 26, 2025
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
Recent Comments
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo
Just call it "The Copper" — Bob
The lack of generosity above is truly astonishing. Santa Barbara is an extraordinarily expensive place to live, as we all know. The 5% toward team… — OJ