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December 18, 2025

  • Odds & Ends

Big Carpinteria Development Lands Its First Retail Tenant

Plus: A State Street bank is closing; the Nesbitt mansion is back on the market; more reasoning for MarBorg's non-curbside rate hike; construction on Highway 217 starts in April; Jazz at the Ballroom returns to the Lobero Theatre; amusing construction sign. 5

March 8, 2023

  • The Way It Was

Name That Santa Barbara Building (Part 3)

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 which buildings these are? 7

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Newsletter: March 8

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March 7, 2023

  • Food Stuff

Azul Won’t Open for a Few More Months

More food news: Lilac Patisserie's Coast Village Road outpost is on; Na Na Thai is winding down its pop-up dinners; a natural wine festival organized by Satellite; the Taste of Santa Barbara is in May; Peasants Feast launches dinner service; a new line of nonalcoholic drinks; Bossie's Kitchen is passing the credit-card fee on to patrons; Crush Bar seeks new owner; Motley Crew Ranch's Buellton shop is moving; an attractive proposal to redo Pali Wine Co.'s Funk Zone tasting room. 55

March 6, 2023

  • Odds & Ends

A New Menswear Store in the Funk Zone

Plus: Music Academy president Scott Reed is leaving the organization; another new apartment building is in the works downtown; two Highway 101 ramps to reopen this week; the Lumineers and Kelsea Ballerini to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; reader question about a nice-smelling plant; paintings by Arty Grimm at Caldwell Snyder. 1

March 5, 2023

  • Exclusive

Bettina Is Opening a Restaurant in Carpinteria

The new outpost will be smaller and sleeker than the Montecito original, with fast-casual counter service and plentiful courtyard seating. "We’re envisioning something more New York–style," says co-owner Rachel Greenspan. 7

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Newsletter: March 5

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  • Guessing Game

Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 3

March 4, 2023

  • Just Listed

120-Year-Old Queen Anne Given a Crisp Renovation

Noteworthy new listings also include a Campanil spec reno; a welcoming backyard off Camino Viejo; ocean view on the Riviera for $1.695 million; a West Mesa flip attempt; and more. 6

March 3, 2023

  • Shop to it

A Fresh Take on the Classic Santa Barbara Corner Store

Forget Doritos and Coors Light: The Eddy will offer natural wine, craft beer, pantry items, homewares, and grab-and-go fare from Revolver, Oat Bakery, and other local partners. 5

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Just Listed

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PS. Coast Village Road is not Montecito. That’s well known but unimportant. MONTECITO has 3 fine dinner options: Pane Y Vino, Firehouse Grill and Futniture… — Cate

Wasteful spending to change the NAME of post office!?!? Place names are handy. Giving a facility a person name is silly, impractical AND COSTLY! Stop… — Cate

Food should not be swimming in butter, period. But I want them to succeed. — Foodie

Concerning the budget shortfalls- funny the County just can’t see the connection between Sable operating & tax revenue flowing in. The CCC saw the glowing… — Christine!

Concerning the county’s projected financial shortfall: I just couldn’t help but be reminded of the 48% pay increases the Supervisors just granted themselves in May.… — Curtis

Christine, you are lost in the sauce… whatever confirms your bias or floats your boat. Just because everybody else is doing it makes it cool,… — Alex t

I graduated from Brooks Institute in 1965, married a lovely native of Montecito and adopted Santa Barbara as my home, not where I was born,… — Max Schnorf

I love Little Mountain and have been three times. The rice is $12 not $17 and it's swimming in butter not oil and everyone whose… — Leslie Westbrook

Le Petit Valentien -- maybe not classic French, but pretty close and great prices and great chef Robert. (and Ethiopian on the weekends!) — Leslie Westbrook

The property has building violations on, and the property was held by a bank that wanted out after foreclosing on the previous owner. — Paul

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