September 21, 2026
Plus: Marvelous photos of owls from the Ojai Raptor Center; Space NK's Montecito store has closed; Westerlay Orchids showroom sales to benefit Carp students in need; suggestion about Siteline's real estate coverage.
August 26, 2020
Ten noteworthy properties new to market, including the Manana estate designed by Francis Underhill; a thin slice of Padaro Lane beachfront; Jeff Shelton in low-key mode; postmodern whimsy in Summerland; and a 1922 adobe.
The 36-apartment project has an appealing solution to the challenge of a mid-block parcel, but it also requires the demolition of two buildings.
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August 25, 2020
It has driftwood-topped pergolas, a bocce court, concrete ping-pong tables, and space for a food truck.
Other recent news: Fundraising drive for new Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network hospital; census update; UCSB sorority house flouted pandemic rules with a big party; school-board candidate Monie de Wit; fight over Junípero Serra statue in Solvang.
More food news: Two new taquerias; praise for Noemi's Roman-style pizza; Caruso's has gone entirely prix fixe; a standout tartine at The Lark; Drunken Crab clarification; Revolver profile ands review; Paseo Nuevo closures; proposed fee on bottle purchases at county tasting rooms.
August 24, 2020
Plus: Weekend limits on Montecito beach parking; Space Home & Garden's "safe soft opening"; Montecito Village storefront appears leased; "world-famous sculptor" looking for a rental; short film about Lotusland.
When someone decorates a house to the nines, the way 1930 Emerson Avenue has been decorated, attention really must be paid.
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SB Carriage Museum doesn't pay property tax and claims the welfare-exemption. SB Historical Museum is different, the building is owned by the County so is… — Rich
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SB Carriage Museum doesn't pay property tax and claims the welfare-exemption. SB Historical Museum is different, the building is owned by the County so is… — Rich
What's up with this annoying trend of affixing a question mark to the end of a declarative sentence? — Nicolas Rolin
RE Bellosgurado, for context, it would be helpful to know what the SB Historical Museam and Carriage museums, etc pay for property taxes, as they… — Rob
I won't be trying Little Mountain until they drop the pricing shenanigans. Adding a 5% surcharge at the end may not seem huge in the… — CAF
131 De LA Guerra — Richard
On the north side Canon Perdido sidewalk across from Handlebar — BobL Head
Darn, that's really unfortunate. Consider giving them another shot—perhaps it was an off night? I've been a handful of times and have had nothing but… — Bill