Odds & Ends

August 6, 2023

MarBorg Industries Wants to Build an 18,774-Square-Foot Headquarters

Plus: Domecíl is moving; harborside building plans to sell food; big multi-family development in the works at Ortega and Anacapa; Valerie June to play the Lobero; mixed-used project proposed for lower Anacapa; Prevail Conditioning moved to upper State Street; the city bought a building on E. Anapamu; Invoca's former State Street offices have been subleased; leasing update on The Post, a.k.a. Las Aves. 6

August 2, 2023

“Energy Enhancement” Facility Coming to Santa Barbara

Plus: Funk Zone boutique Sirena is moving to State Street; mysterious hotel on the boards; sailing excursions with concerts and sound healing; inside the new Channel City Hardware & Gifts; Old Pueblo Trail has reopened. 6

July 31, 2023

This Motel Might Be Painted Purple

Plus: Downtown church wants to add a second story and roof deck; Westside liquor store to become a food market; Goleta's Dam Dinner; a rave for Evolution Fitness; Solvang's Hadsten hotel to reopen soon; "I Love My Horse" art show. 15

July 27, 2023

Mate Gallery Is Tripling in Size

Plus: Bungalo805 is making a pivot toward childcare; Biltmore scuttlebutt; photos of Bellosguardo's beach house and cabanas; update on the Montecito Water District's smart meters; the Steward hotel has opened in Goleta. 8

July 24, 2023

The Santa Barbara News-Press Has Been Shut Down

Plus: UCSB says Munger Hall is still on; big Summerland block party this Saturday; clothing boutique opening on Lillie Avenue; new tar-removal product; two exhibits at Sullivan & Goss; upcoming email blast about retail news. 2

July 20, 2023

Two Upper Village Shops Are Moving

Plus: San Roque's Skin Deep is in new hands; a visit to the refreshed Sacred Space; Caruso has introduced a loyalty program; more housing for the homeless.

July 17, 2023

Montecito Natural Health Has Opened in the Upper Village

Plus: Old Spanish Days photo exhibit (and the Santa Barbara Historical Museum seeks your Fiesta photos); a suggestion for city parking lots; Lotus Cabinetry confirmed its showroom plans; Jeff Shelton forever; update on the Rancho San Marcos golf course; new show at My Pet Ram. 9

July 12, 2023

“Music Under the Stars” at Elings Park

Plus: A new hatmaker in town; the Galerie XX space is for rent; the Legacy Arts Listening Room on State Street; update about the hotel proposed for Chapala Street; Patty Griffin and Todd Snider at the Lobero Theatre; Andy Lepe‘s geometric paintings. 2

July 7, 2023

Two More Hotels Are in the Works

Plus: New vintage shop downtown; tiny Funk Zone building slated to become a bar; rendering of the Indian Health Service clinic on State Street; 35-unit apartment building proposed for W. Carrillo Street; 47-unit apartment building proposed for S. Hope Avenue; kooky postal regulations. 9

July 2, 2023

Athleta’s State Street Store to Close at Year End

Plus: Zipline park in the Santa Ynez Valley opens soon; the Lofts at the Mill got final design approval; Charley Crockett to play the Arlington Theatre; the Community Environmental Council's 10,000-square-foot collaborative space on State Street; update on the removal of fruit trees at Rancho San Carlos; JustFoodForDogs to open in Goleta; L.A. design pop-up in Santa Ynez. 4