Odds & Ends

May 1, 2022

How Much Would You Pay for a Parking Space Downtown?

Plus: Loma Alta Drive reopening date; Jake & Jones's big market this Saturday; interior photos of oceanfront 603 Sand Point Road; county to install flashing-light crosswalks in Montecito, Mission Canyon, and Goleta; 1900 house slated for demolition; update on Santa Barbara Junior High's wooden flagpole.

April 27, 2022

An Axe-Throwing Club Is Opening on State Street

Plus: The new owner of the Quality Inn; clarity on Pacaso's guest policy; Flume to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; John Cleese at the Granada; "Tick, Tick... Boom!" this weekend; weekly dance parties; zebras for sale. 5

April 25, 2022

Makeover Proposed for the Former Nordstrom Building

Plus: Hotel coming to the vacant lot next to Santa Cruz Market; hotel rates are now 50 percent higher than three years ago; Pacaso opposition on the Riviera; the old Victor the Florist storefront is for lease; Kismet's annex is open in Montecito's Upper Village; discounted membership for the forthcoming CycleBar. 5

April 22, 2022

A Spinning Studio Is Opening at Paseo Nuevo

Plus: Cat Power is playing the Lobero; the latest Jeff Bezos rumor; a new mobile dance class in Santa Barbara; Letter Perfect found its next home (and a new name); where Home Crush is opening in Summerland; "The Little Book of Montecito Writers." 1

April 19, 2022

Flagship Jewelry Shop Opening on State Street

Plus: The latest De La Guerra Plaza makeover plans (and the city is standing firm about no lawn); Home Crush to join the lineup of Summerland home stores; celebrating the Great American Songbook at the Lobero; a new Napa Valley hotel from Auberge Resorts; update on the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project; what's showing at Maune Contemporary and Marcia Burtt Gallery.

April 14, 2022

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Are Said to Have Bought in the Hedgerow

Plus: The effort to improve Coast Village Road moved to the next step; Cottage Health opened a new urgent-care facility in Santa Barbara; three new concerts announced at the Santa Barbara Bowl; a naughty maid; the answer to last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?"

April 11, 2022

63-Unit Apartment Building Proposed for Carrillo Street

Plus: Speed limits on Las Positas and Modoc are likely to change; the Belmond El Encanto tweaked its name; the Aloha Fun Center still has no idea when it will open; new Santa Cruz Island campground in the works; Amos Lee to play the Lobero. 2

April 6, 2022

New Shops in Montecito, Santa Claus Lane, and Goleta

Plus: Santa Barbara Airport announced two new routes; polo tickets are on sale; yet another Santa Barbara hotel changed hands; county seeks poll workers for June's primary election; what's up now at Sullivan Goss and Thomas Reynolds Gallery; any interest in buying a corn maze? 2

April 3, 2022

The Private Club for Kids Is Really Happening

Plus: A new look for the Jewish Community Center on Chapala Street; tiny shop debuts at La Arcada; gingham and stripes galore at Montecito Country Mart shop opening this week; updated on-ramp and off-ramp closures for the Highway 101 construction; an interesting art project is afoot in Carpinteria.

March 25, 2022

A Big Event Space Is Opening Downtown

Plus: Another Santa Barbara hotel is for sale; Goleta industrial campus to be renamed; two worthwhile acts appearing at the new Ventura Music Hall; flamenco at the Lobero; gift card agita. 2