ODDS & ENDS
••• Big Carpinteria development lands its first retail tenant.
••• A State Street bank is closing.
••• The Nesbitt mansion is back on the market (above).
••• More reasoning for MarBorg’s non-curbside rate hike.
••• Highway 217 work starts in April.
••• Jazz at the Ballroom returns to the Lobero Theatre.
••• Amusing construction sign.
→ Read the post.
·················
·················
JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Expanded 1905 Craftsman on an Upper East corner; oceanfront communal living in Isla Vista; attempted flip of a fun Hope Ranch house; Eucalyptus Hill renovation; three acres in Yankee Farm; a cutie in Los Alamos; and more.
·················
·················
THE WAY IT WAS
The folks at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum went through the Gledhill Library collection to find old photos of Santa Barbara so we can play a game: can you identify these buildings?
·················
·················
NEWS ROUNDUP
••• $500,000 donation made toward expanding the Arroyo Hondo Preserve (photo by Bill Dewey).
••• The Miramar resort parking lot could be developed for employee housing.
••• The city of Santa Barbara wants more involvement in the proposed La Cumbre apartment complex.
••• Swim platform in the works off Montecito.
••• 2023 Fiesta theme and parade route.
••• The return of the Starr King Rummage Sale.
→ Read the post.
·················
WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments.
·················
Please forward this to anyone who might enjoy it. Click here to subscribe.
·················

















Recent Comments
"The problem, according to Hartmann and Fischer, is that two state laws — passed in 2017 and 2022 — designed to inoculate sidewalk vendors —… — Donald
The way you wrote about The Cotogna x El Encanto collab is confusing because you make it sound like it's a CH event when it's… — Mike Hunt
That's great to know, Carrie. I'll have to look them up next time I'm in Carp. Stica is likely just catering to a wealthier class… — Michael G.
Please block her from your site. Her influence has been enough for me to often not read ANY comments. What is her deal? Totally wacko… — C.L. Anderson
I make a fantastic lasagna. Using the best ingredients, it costs me around $40 to make for 8 large servings. Knowing they get wholesale ingredients,… — Kelsey
Thanks for the link to the Noozhawk story about the most affordable cup of coffee in town. But there is one they missed, perhaps because… — Richard Yates
Can’t wait to get an R2! It will be great to have a service center here — LS
You don't need to drive all the way to SY to get excellent lasagna. Thario's in Carp (Santa Claus Lane) has the best lasagna!! One… — Carrie
Thank you!!! I am so sick of her hate-fueled garbage comments! — Liz
"everything should be enforced" except immigration laws apparently. — Not Christine!