Odds & Ends

March 28, 2024

Exploring Alta Mesa’s Semi-Secret Trail

Plus: "Late night" screenings at the Riviera Theatre; two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows; Paula Cole returns to the Lobero Theatre; the Illuminate Film Festival has moved here from Sedona; show of art made from beach detritus; Caltrans work by the Mission Street ramps.

March 24, 2024

Four More Shops Are Under Construction at the Miramar Resort

Plus: Venture Apparel Co. has opened on State Street; Ziggy Marley at the Santa Barbara Bowl; Montecito's Plant Gallery has closed; massive bounce house returning to Elings Park; new renderings of West Beach hotel; contest to decorate State Street Promenade barriers; Jeff Shelton penthouse is a vacation rental; Tomatomania! 14

March 15, 2024

Meghan Markle’s New Lifestyle Brand Is Called American Riviera Orchard

Plus: Three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows were announced; Aquarius Cocktail and Jeanne Ceramics sample sale; details about the yoga and Pilates studio opening in the 700 Linden complex; the CarPlay black hole at Milpas and the 101; Carpinteria Valley Lumber is having a party. 11

March 11, 2024

CycleBar Indoor Cycling Studio Opens This Week

Plus: A recommendation for TropiCali Beauty Boutique; Daryl Hall and Elvis Costello at the Bowl; the French Wave Film Festival; The Well is having a sale; workshop on potential sites to be rezoned for housing; the guidebook to L.A.'s "Secret Stairs."

March 6, 2024

Mate Gallery’s New Shop Is Bigger and Better

Plus: The monthly SB Funk Zone Live celebration; improvements to the perpetually wet Castillo Street undercrossing; a dirt-road block in Los Olivos finally got paved; downtown bank branch to close; Lauren Daigle to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; "Where in Santa Barbara...?" answer; curb cuts designed to redirect rainwater. 1

March 4, 2024

Lake Tahoe Activewear Company to Open a State Street Store

Plus: Four more Santa Barbara Bowl shows have been announced; chef and humanitarian José Andrés to speak here; the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show; one city parking structure now has electric-vehicle chargers; the Junior League's annual rummage sale; a free dinner with a lecture about long Covid; the duck migration in Los Alamos.

February 26, 2024

New Company Offers Helicopter Tours of Santa Barbara

Plus: Lemons washing up on local beaches; 16-passenger bikes are back in the Funk Zone; road to Ojai closed because of a rock slide; Kings of Leon and Rebelution to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; updates on Vuori and RH; an amusing hat from a new brand called Santa Ynez Country Club; another look at the 250-room hotel proposed for Garden Street. 9

February 20, 2024

Photographer Gray Malin Is Working on a Channel Drive Vacation Rental

Plus: The official opening for the six-mile Arroyo Quemado Trail at Baron Ranch; Maria Rendón show at Sullivan Goss; Marcus Roberts Trio to play the Lobero Theatre; Chelsea Handler returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl; public meeting about Milpas Street changes; "Where in Santa Barbara...?" answer. 5

February 16, 2024

Santa Barbara Airport Has Added “VIP Concierge Service”

Plus: The Biltmore now intends to fill in its unpermitted pool; Heidi Merrick archive sale; Habitat for Humanity is looking to reopen its Restore store; progress for the Electrify America charging station; Orlebar Brown opened at the Montecito Country Mart; Los Patos roundabout construction to start soon; retreat center on Painted Cave Road; Namaste clothing boutique is moving. 9

February 5, 2024

A New Shop Is Opening in the Big Yellow House

Plus: Pura Luna Apothecary is closing its shop; downtown commercial space likely to become residential; Jacob Collier concert; office for homeless services opening on Chapala Street; San Ysidro Road off-ramp to close for months; the Starr King Rummage Sale; is coming up; 10-room hotel proposed for Santa Ynez; Funk Zone pedestrian gate. 1