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June 23, 2026

  • Just Listed

A Rare Peek Inside Downtown’s Most Adorable Enclave

Santa Barbara has more nooks and crannies than an English muffin, and none is more appealing than El Caserio, built in the 1930s as artists' studios. This new listing's style is everything you'd hope for from the compound—and it's a three-minute walk to Handlebar. 1

  • News Roundup

Bacara Wants to Move Its Beach Bathrooms to a Chumash Burial Site

Other recent news: The candidates running for the city council's District 2; Cliff Drive public input; governor signs bill assessing cost of winding down oil and gas infrastructure; Australian willow trees.

October 14, 2019

  • Odds & Ends

A Couple of Imminent Teardowns

Plus: Best-case scenario for the Montecito Creek Bridge is now mid-December; scorpions; another empty retail space at the Montecito Country Mart; kite roosts in More Mesa.

October 13, 2019

  • News Roundup

Tarantula Mating Season Is Here

Other recent news: Preliminary rendering of the San Ysidro roundabout; how hemp cultivation could affect the area; co-working company changes its name; paddleboarding with sharks.

October 12, 2019

  • Good Housepeeking

You’re Cordially Invited to a 1980s Party Palace

Open houses this weekend: A midcentury home that looks like a Palm Springs motel (in the best way); two 18th-century barns brought over from England and conjoined into one house; a single-level Mesa retreat; and many more.

October 11, 2019

  • Food Stuff

Why Isn’t the Rosewood Miramar’s Ice Cream Shop Open to the Public?

More food news and notes: Sama Sama Kitchen's offshoot in Los Alamos has soft-opened; the first-ever Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley is coming up; Bree'osh celebrates its fourth anniversary with a look back; new restaurant at Cachuma Lake.

  • Price Cuts

Montecito “Dream Home” Drops Its Price by $986,000

Also newly reduced: Spanish house in Montecito that could use some lightening up; a multi-level Tuscan-style villa in Carpinteria; an oldie-but-goodie from 1930 in Hope Ranch; a Moroccan fantasia.

October 10, 2019

  • News Roundup

Law Passed Allowing Public Access to Hollister Ranch Beaches

Plus: Target's soft opening is coming up; this year's Night Market has been canceled; mountain lion spotted again in Isla Vista; great white sharks off Carp; waterfront parking overhauled; Eastside candidates running for city council.

October 9, 2019

  • Food Stuff

Café Ana Has Plans to Start Dinner Service

Other food-related news: Impossible's fake ground "beef" is now being sold at Gelson's; Dave's Dogs Grill rumored to be opening on Milpas; Rascal's pop-up at Satellite; an attempt to cure olives in the ocean.

October 8, 2019

  • Odds & Ends

L.A.’s Lucca Antiques Has Opened a Huge Showroom in Montecito’s Upper Village

Plus: Route 192 bridge now slated to reopen in November; last chance to visit Lotusland before it closes for the winter; plans for a 16,338-square-foot house on Padaro Lane.

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Recent Comments

Agreed Joe S! The recently purposed second track would cause tree lined Padaro, my favorite biking route, to lose most of the trees including old… — George

Thanks for giving Whisper a shout out. It’s such a special way to experience the waterfront in Santa Barbara (and surprisingly affordable!). We also run… — Rebecca

The proposed second train track location would be better situated between the SB station and the Goleta Station. More room. Less tree removal. Could be… — Joe S.

This is inaccurate, Dennis. While there are Eucs that were planted over 100 years ago along Padaro, they are not the majority of trees. There… — DW

A little correction anyone can verify by walking the Lane. There are very few euchs along Padaro Lane. The most abundant species on the west… — Suzanne Duca

The people making the environmentalist argument just flew in from Aspen on private jets. — A

Wow, great list. For a small town, we have a lot to offer. Lotusland is my favorite place on earth and the Music Academy is… — Jilt

You beat me to it! — StanThompson

El Paseo walkway near the restaurant lobby? — StanThompson

This is a skylight in the hallway on the way to the historic El Paseo restaurant. — Paul

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