June 12, 2025
News Roundup
County to Consider Building More Workforce Housing
Other recent news: Reported ICE raid in Santa Maria; Goleta Rite-Aid to close; Santa Barbara now charging a fee for credit and debit payments; Monique Limón to lead the state senate in 2026; year-round Christmas shop to close; three teachers launched a bookmobile; new online map of public art. 5
June 5, 2025
Music Academy of the West Has Plans for a Downtown Hub
Other recent news: Traffic collisions were up in 2024; remembering journalist Barney Brantingham; rival rodeos this summer; the Carpinteria Community Pool is headed for a big renovation; UCSB's pokey search for a new chancellor; the tree of the month. 7
May 30, 2025
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May 15, 2025
Santa Barbara May Take Action on Sidewalk Signage
Other recent news: County votes to phase out onshore oil and gas operations; new home for Tri-County Produce quonset huts; La Casa de la Raza building deemed unsafe; update on decommissioning of Chevron facilities near the Carpinteria Bluffs; Pilates studio opening; unmanned aircraft to be tested at Oxnard and Camarillo airports. 11
May 8, 2025
The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum Opens Next Week
Other recent news: Downtown homeless center has become a nuisance; Santa Barbara school district rescinded all those pink slips; the Isla Vista Food Co-Op is on the ropes; Broadway in Santa Barbara's 2025-26 lineup; will Los Patos Way end with a whimper? 3
May 1, 2025
April 24, 2025
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Is Going to Sell McCormick House
Other recent news: Renoviction ordinance adopted; 2028 LA Olympics won't be around here; the case of the big red shoe; judge resigns amid misconduct allegations; online map for lost pets; Lake Cachuma may allow swimming; UCSB to build more housing; cars keep running into a Westside duplex; large self-storage facility proposed in Goleta; possible redevelopment of the Pea Soup Andersen’s building. 11
April 17, 2025
Changes Likely for Santa Barbara Parking Fees
Other recent news: State Street test of "pedlets" that extend the sidewalk into the street; partial closures at Alice Keck Park; environmental groups are suing the state fire marshal in an effort to block Sable Offshore Corporation; check theft in Montecito; urgent-care facility Med Center to close. 7
April 10, 2025
The County Might Build Workforce Housing Downtown
Other recent news: Jewelry store to close after 52 years; another DignityMoves project is in the works; prominent developer says he's getting out of Santa Barbara; city survey of historical buildings in San Roque; Trump administration orders more logging in Los Padres National Forest; Cottage Health looking to open a big new building in Buellton. 4
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