The Fess Parker Inn in Los Olivos Wants to Double in Size
Plus: New jewelry boutique at the Montecito Country Mart; The Well bought a 9.13-acre property in Carpinteria; Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's temporary casitas to be unveiled; the Central Coast AirFest is coming up; Taj Mahal, Patty Griffin, and Madeleine Peyroux in concert; Janeane Garofalo to speak here; the latest with Rincon Island. 3
Ten Percent of More Mesa Has Been Preserved from Development
Plus: Women's apparel brand Covet has opened in Victoria Court; public meetings about the Paseo Nuevo redevelopment; The Knit Shop moved a few doors away; vintage collective on State Street making progress; presentation about house history research; the annual Ojai Studio Artists Tour is this weekend; family classes in the works at The Painted Cabernet; phone-repair shop DropSmashFix has left town. 1


























Recent Comments
Semes like it is the same development St. George was frustrated by the delays. At final approval, he said all the process accomplished was needlessly… — tina
Friendship Manor on MIlpas and Ortega is HIDEOUS. so lame That looks next door to the 4 story capitol hardware project? Does anyone know what's… — TINA
Yes, and last time you asked, I replied thus: Are you referring to the temporary railroad bridge (a.k.a. a shoofly) to be installed so a… — Erik Torkells
Do you know about the new set of tracks and railroad bridge that will be built at cabrillo blv and the 101 so the old… — Marc Hyman
So happy LOSSAN moved the Padaro track project. The loss of that many trees would have been heavy on the heart. — Dominique Lujan
You might like to look at the article in the New York Times to see about how Patrick Nesbitt has made his money. It’s in… — Enna
Same experience for us. Unfortunately. The waitstaff/servers are lovely and hopeful. But in reality nothing much has changed. — Sarah