FAVORITE THINGS
This holiday season, let’s make an effort to spend our money here—because if we want wonderful independent shops, we need to support them. Besides, it’s fun! In Part 1 of the 2025 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Domecíl, The Daisy, Chicken Little, Italian Pottery Outlet, and Art Essentials.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The argument against the Paseo Nuevo deal (and the Nordstrom land is now excluded from the proposal).
••• SBIFF’s downtown multiplex got named (above).
••• Zoe Bikini to close.
••• New fees and requirements possible for Santa Barbara massage therapists.
••• Adaptive reuse of an old airport hangar and two Quonset huts.
••• An update from Edhat.
→ Read the post.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
Having only ever gone to Santa Ynez for a meal and maybe a brief stroll, I dragooned my husband into spending a night there. The 24-hour trip felt like much longer, in the best possible way.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments.
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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