NEWS ROUNDUP 11/7
••• Where Ellen DeGeneres and Rob Lowe have bought now.
••• Large waves expected.
••• The homeless situation at Pershing Park.
••• Monoliths atop a Santa Barbara building and in San Luis Obispo County.
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WALK WITH ME
Wedged between Hendry’s Beach and Hope Ranch, the Yankee Farm neighborhood is like Brigadoon, but drier, with parts that feel as if they haven’t changed in decades.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 11/8
••• Central Coast counties push for fairer assessment of ICU capacity.
••• Goleta man charged with having 92 firearms.
••• Southern California Edison will pay $3.5 million for dumping into Mission Creek.
••• Overnight camping prohibited in Los Padres National Forest.
••• Chumash Casino Resort refuses to pause operations.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Parking enforcement suspended during the stay-at-home order.
••• New four-story building proposed for Santa Barbara Street.
••• San Francisco gallery opened an outpost near the Arlington Theatre.
••• SoCalGas’s wireless telecom infrastructure.
••• Merchant of Venice pop-up on Coast Village Road.
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Recent Comments
They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A
Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR
The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR
Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK
It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells
The state is going to force housing on communities that don't plan for it. Carpinteria can either shape what gets built here or wait for… — BrR