Siteline Santa Barbara
menu
  • About Siteline
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Email Newsletter
  • Instagram
  • Legal

April 19, 2020

  • Email Newsletter

Newsletter: April 19

April 19, 2020|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• The 93108 Fund has handed out $40,000 to hourly workers.
••• Little Free Libraries stocked with toilet paper and other items (photo courtesy MK Real Estate Group).
••• New Channel Islands T-shirt.
••• Summerland Oriental Rugs moved across the street.
••• Studio William Hefner house coming to San Ysidro Road.
••• Time-lapse street painting; three recent sales of note.
→ Read the post.

·················

NEWS DIGEST / APRIL 17
••• Summer Solstice Celebration will only be online this year.
••• I Madonnari Street Painting Festival has been canceled.
••• Now 354 Covid-19 cases and a third death.
••• Santa Barbara’s grim economic future.
••• Southern California no longer abnormally dry.
••• Council member supports temporary city council pay cut.
••• My Gym has closed.
→ Read the post.

·················

Weather forecast from Jack Martin of Action Roofing: “Today will be clearer and a few degrees warmer than yesterday—we’re expecting the high 60s. Monday, slight chance of rain. Tuesday though the rest of the week, we’ll have a nice warm-up. A lot of areas will see 80s.” Email [email protected] to sign up for his daily updates.

·················

PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price reductions: A tough nut to cack on prestigious Park Lane; boat-like house on Miramar Beach dropped by $600,000; cool lines and Dutch doors on School House Road; togetherness on the Mesa; and a top-floor midcentury condo near Butterfly Beach.

·················

NEWS DIGEST / APRIL 19
••• Lompoc prison outbreak continues to grow.
••• There are now 385 confirmed Covid-19 cases, 49 of which are healthcare workers.
••• County jail inmate tested positive.
••• Supervisor Gregg Hart on the pandemic’s local effects.
••• Earthquake early this morning.
••• Carp closes beach parking lots.
→ Read the post.

·················
Please forward this to anyone who might enjoy it. Click here to subscribe.
·················

Email Newsletter

Or email [email protected] to be manually added.

Just Listed

  • Appealing Mediterranean in Toro Canyon
  • A Different Kind of Island View
  • 5,000-Square-Footer on a Sweet Upper Village Street
  • 2009 Spanish Colonial in the Golden Quadrangle’s Sweet Spot
  • Right on the Sand in Prime Montecito

Recent Comments

Yes exactly right. The Grand Jury report gives an example where employees can use two days of leave for Monday and Tuesday and then work… — Rich

Thats's a quirky area. Used to live up there. Monte Vista School is on Hope and Hope school on La Colina. — Don

It's more complicated than that. From the report by the county Auditor-Controller’s Office: “A recurring pattern was identified in which sheriff employees used leave balances… — Erik Torkells

Regarding the SB County Sheriff’s Overtime: We don’t have enough SB County Sheriff Officers to work and cover shifts. The ones that are working, are… — Klminsb

The majority of city council just wants to throw a band-aid on a gunshot wound and kick the actual fixes down the road. — Jeff

Why would anyone want to put money into housing right now in the City when the powers that be want to limit what a landlord… — JMac805

That church should've been housing. Can't imagine anyone living around there would want a hotel — apzer

Speaking of Tondi: I miss those gelatos especially his vegan fruit flavors but more than that I miss the friendly and talented owner. Does anyone… — Rick Perkins

So great to see the Brewhouse adding the coffee shop in the secondary bar area! What a cute place and a nice complement to the… — Emma

I recall about 20 years ago being called to that address by a homeowner to take a look at some sheet metal needs. The owner… — Walter

Restaurant News

  • A New Gelato Shop Is Opening in the Tondi Space
  • Whiskey ‘N Rye Barbecue Is Opening in Goleta
  • One Site, Two Chefs, Three New Establishments
  • A Wine Bar Is Opening at The Post
  • Pascucci’s Owner Has Plans for a New Restaurant

Popular Posts

  • A Chic New Shop in Carpinteria 6.3k views

  • The Latest on the Tri-County Produce Development 5.9k views

  • Two Former Department Stores Might Get Repurposed 5.8k views

  • A New Gelato Shop Is Opening in the Tondi Space 5.8k views

  • A Wine Bar Is Opening at The Post 5.5k views

  • Whiskey ‘N Rye Barbecue Is Opening in Goleta 5.4k views

  • The End of the Left-Exit Era 5.3k views

Walk With Me

  • Where One School Leads to Another
  • The Manifold Splendors of Mid-State
  • The Westmontish Region of Montecito
  • The Arty Heart of Downtown Santa Barbara
  • A Five-Block Adventure in Downtown Ventura
  • East Meets West on Mountain Drive
  • On Summerland’s Western Fringe

Burning Questions

  • Will You Explain the Plan to Adapt the Waterfront for Climate Change?
  • Why Did the Rosewood Miramar Beach Install Gates?
  • How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
  • Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
  • Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
  • What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
  • When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?

Get Out of Town

  • Highlights of The Dirty T
  • The Majesty of Angkor Wat
  • From Vietnam With… Ambivalence
  • The City That Never Spits
  • The Original Sim City
  • That’s Life in Death Valley
  • An Old West Town in Wine Country
Siteline Santa Barbara
  • About Siteline
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Email Newsletter
  • Instagram
  • Legal
© 2026 Siteline, LLC | Accessibility | Site created by NDIC