February 2, 2025
Odds & Ends
A “Pickleball Social Club” From the Founder of Crushcakes
Plus: New nail salon coming to San Roque; big sale from local shops and brands; slate of improvements at Birnam Wood Golf Club; question about how property taxes are allocated to schools; "book bench" to be installed on the Eastside; testing a street vacuum on State Street. 11
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January 12, 2025
High-End Rentals Are Going Through the Roof
Plus: The new southbound carpool lane has opened; Coyote Road spec reno cleaned up its facade; a Summerland antiques store has closed; an old sign from the Alameda Saloon; Japanese Breakfast to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; "Stomp" at the Granada Theatre; the Harding school bridge on the Westside. 35
January 5, 2025
Three Stores Are Closing (or Have Already Closed)
Plus: Is the new Soltara apartment building being converted to workforce housing?; huge building on N. Calle Cesar Chavez sells for $36.5 million; new owner of classic midcentury on Canon Perdido; more on the Garden Street rooftop sculpture; dental hygienist opening an office without a dentist. 3
December 23, 2024
Swimwear Chain Coming to Coast Village Road
Plus: Big closing sale at Maison K; Bungalow Haven is aiming for the National Registry of Historic Places; MOXI exhibit at Santa Barbara Airport; we'll get to see more of Bellosguardo in 2025; rainbow bridge in Summerland; updates on the new Cold Spring bridge and restoration of Romero Road, Franklin Trail, and San Ysidro Trail. 5
December 17, 2024
What’s Planned for the Sears Lot at La Cumbre Plaza
Plus: Should this 1923 Craftsman house be demolished?; Milpas Street car wash to be sacrificed for redevelopment; 15 apartments and no parking proposed for the Carzoid auto dealership on Chapala; former Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce building to be converted to residential; two more shops have debuted at The Post; new Pilates Reformer studio in the Funk Zone. 13
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