News Roundup

August 28, 2025

A Record Number of Students at UCSB

Other recent news: Staircase marketing at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; city might buy Cacique Street homeless center; Tecolote Bookshop celebrates its 100th anniversary; ship simulator at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum; Metrolink service from Ventura County delayed; possible alien invasion. 13

August 21, 2025

Vandenberg Space Force Base on Track to Double SpaceX Launches

Other recent news: The relaxation of federal environmental reviews of the commercial space industry; SpaceX may never have to pay federal income taxes; repairs to Isla Vista beach stairs; update on Goleta road extension. 1

August 14, 2025

City Council Approves 90-Unit Apartment Complex on Milpas Street

Other recent news: Library plaza picnic tables nixed; Gifford Fire update (and why the smoke hasn't been a problem here); developer slams city council; 24/7 cannabis operation denied; single-seat ultralight aircraft demo in Carpinteria. 8

August 7, 2025

Paseo Nuevo Redevelopment May Include a Grocery Store and Gym

Other recent news: Santa Barbara's battle against unpermitted short-term rentals; Glass House Brands refutes claims made by the Department of Homeland Security; update on the Gifford Fire; Carpinteria launched a website detailing proposed housing projects; UC Santa Barbara's new chancellor. 12

July 31, 2025

Remembering Renowned Interior Designer John Saladino

Other recent news: The Museum of Natural History's new space exhibit; forcing adaptive reuse of commercial buildings to include affordable housing; Ennisbrook celebrity buyer identified; objections to the size of Anthem Chapel's proposed Goleta church; the state of call boxes; the tree of the month. 2

July 24, 2025

The Imminent Reinvention of Cliff Drive

Other recent news: Proposed Westside path involves removing 33 trees; city to add more traffic enforcement vehicles with license plate readers; Museum of Contemporary Art canceled this year's Día de los Muertos event; the possible end of capital gains taxes on home sales. 7

July 17, 2025

The Federal Raid on a Carpinteria Business

Other recent news: Likely start date for the final phase of Highway 101 widening; more women's apparel on Coast Village Road; update on the removal of ficus trees on Milpas Street; this year's Fiesta parade route; new jewelry repair shop; possible shift in the deadlock over Sable Offshore's attempt to restart operations; Ventura will reopen Main Street to cars in the fall; outsourcing at Edhat. 27

July 10, 2025

El Encanto May Get a Coffee Shop and Private Club

Other recent news: The owners of the property behind the Mission claim to be leasing it to a church; e-bike riders ticketed; the temporary Goleta Valley Library is open; Highway 166 reopened as Madre Fire gets closer to containment. 15

July 3, 2025

Conceptual Representations of Two Dreadful Builder’s Remedy Projects

Other recent news: The owners of the monstrosity behind the Mission haven't paid property taxes in two years; Goleta settles with developers of 56-home project next to Glen Annie Golf Course; city adopts sidewalk signage regulations; Highway 101 widening funded; Goleta's Independence Day drone show; new car wash; Lake Los Carneros footbridge still lacks funding for repair; another Trump administration threat to Los Padres National Forest; the tree of the month. 16

June 26, 2025

Paseo Nuevo Housing Ambitions Cut in Half

Other recent news: Mayor Randy Rowse is running for re-election; remembering architect Henry Lenny; architects and planners protest two misguided Santa Barbara developments; the Trump administration wants to allow new oil and gas extraction in the California Coastal National Monument and Carrizo Plain National Monument; a visit to the post-facelift Ritz-Carlton Bacara. 15