As Prez Musk is moving his busisnesses (X and SpaceX's headquarters ) out of CA to TX in reaction to Newsome's law regarding Transgender children make him take the rocket launches with him or tax the sh*t out of it.
I agree, it is BS they have to launch in the middle of the night. I was woken up by this last launch too, and the sonic boom with re-entry sounded like the wicked witch landed on top of my tile roof. Launch in the wake time hours!!!
Anyone know where to find the best tamales for Christmas?
Crazy that they're going to demolish the car wash and the panchanga fichera bar (where you have to pay six dollars per song to dance with a lady), for another apartment building. That with the one over at Capitol hardware and the other one by 7-Eleven is going to make an already disastrous running the gauntlet driving down Milpas Street to be an absolute mess. From the 18 wheelers in the middle turn lane to cars to big on the right shoulder, its a hard drive They are truly destroying this area with so much construction already, these things are going to be a nightmare. Not to mention the blockage of Alisos Street bringing massive 18 wheelers and increased traffic down our small residential street now. That was such a poor idea.
Well said, I was sleeping lightly at 3:40-ish this morning when I heard a rumbling sound, then some minutes later by a muffled BOOM. Not nearly as loud as the 5am blast from last week.
I've lived here for four decades and I have loved watching every launch that occurred just after sunset. I'll take 100 of those over these nighttime launches that only Elon gets richer by.
My take is that I’m fine being woken up at 3 am for national security launches. We live near one of the two good launch sites in the country. As some rightly point out, we chose to live here and Vandenberg was here long before me.
I’m less ok with an increase from what was maybe 3 national security or space superiority launches a year historically to twice a week or every day, with the majority being to bolster a private company’s bottom line. I’d vote to ban launches during nighttime hours for purely private for-profit purposes. As far as I’m concerned, shareholders can wait for a daytime launch window. Not trying to debate it, just saying which way my vote would go.
Whether Starlink would be used exclusively for the purposes of US and allies’ defense in a conflict is an important question I wish we knew the answer to.
I’m genuinely curious. For those who are against any restrictions. Imagine one or more launches every night - and not just Elon. Let’s say they’re coming from 10 companies and competing satellite networks or whatever. Maybe Cox is putting one up. Whichever billionaire you hate the most has their own company now too… Soros. There are multiple sonic booms at 3 am every week. I think it would really affect my ability to work during the day. For those who are ok with it, help me get it. Are you in an area where you can hear them, and would bring woken up at 3 am not affect your job performance and overall sanity?
I can see why someone who isn’t affected would take the “screw you I don’t care” position, but hard to see how anyone in my neighborhood wouldn’t think this’ll be a problem if it reaches the hypothetical point I describe. I’ve heard the “I’m getting enjoyment out of all you whiners’ anguish” argument, I’m really trying to get from someone who’s actually affected why we should be ok with this profiteering waking us up every night, if it comes to that.
I also admit that two nighttime wake ups does not a crisis make. But you can see where it could go eventually. We can cross the bridge when we get there I suppose.
I don't know, man, maybe it's you that has his head in the sand. No doubt Elon Musk is a genius at innovation who has brought tremendous products into the world, and he deserves credit for that. But he and his money now have undue influence over our government. He single-handedly killed the funding bill two days ago, and now you have multiple members of Congress saying that he (an unelected tech bro) should be Speaker of the House, second-in-line to the presidency. But hey, the price of eggs, am I right?
You really have to have your head deep into the sand to believe what you just wrote. If you only knew...
It might benefit you to cut back on the tin foil useage bro! Merry Christmas!
We stayed in the Vista Clara Rd property several years ago as an AirBnb (the fancied up section with private pool access). The owner and at least one full-time renter lived in the other parts of the house.
Parking is the nemesis of these apartment projects. It is incredibly expensive and torpedos viability. The state law abandoning this as a requirement actually made housing projects feasible again. And even then, only in some cases here. If we are serious about building housing, the thinking needs to change - even more than it has, due to rising costs. People can only pay so much for rent or you get a community with a bunch of people with trust funds, which is not a community but a club. Also, the City of SB is losing millions of dollars per year on their parking program. Why? Because there is a huge surplus of parking downtown. They built too much. When they finished the Granada garage, the last structure, parking was already on the decline. The Independent even chimed in at the time, saying something like it being a requiem or ode for the car. Things are changing fast. You don't build for yesterday and not even for today. You build for Tomorrow. Same problem with the airport. They built it for yesterday so that today, yesterday's tomorrow, it is a under-built, inadequate, mess. In that case, they didn't build enough. Many people don't want more housing here but what we need is smart housing. We don't want LA traffic or congestion. However, since less parking or no parking also means less cars or no cars with these projects, it actually ends up being less like LA, not more. So the state law may be our friend. It causes shifts in how people live and infrastructure, amenities, i.e. livability, will follow. Let's build a sustainable community. Tomorrow is coming.
Why do you get the feeling? Because simpletons need simple answers. So they make one up...
Or it was gas? Ask your ex-wife.
Either way, Musk didnt become a Republican for policy or ideology. Nope. He saw a opportunity to buy the POTUS and manipulate his way to Mars via the most easily swayed, corrupted and idiotic man (men) in American political history.
It's all a part of the most glaring and open corruption in American history. And people like you cheer for it, with an exclamation point.
If you only knew...
I'm sure people complained just the same about trains, cars, and planes when they became commonplace as well.
Ultimately, there have been rocket launches from Vandenberg since the 1950s. One thing I can say for sure is that the space force base won't be going anywhere anytime soon. I think it's probably a safe bet to assume theyll be launching daily or even more frequently in the near future.
The link provided by Meredith is referring to County Court offices, not city of SB. I don't know where I read this but the article said city employees can take unused PTO and vacation days so they will still be getting paid for the two weeks off.
Last I checked the intent of Siteline is to be a clever perspective on all things Santa Barbara...from news to noshes and in between. As far as I can tell, at no point did Erik purport to be the Edward R Murrow of the American Riviera. I for one thoroughly enjoy his discerning eye and take on happenings from the silly to the sublime.
Why do I get the feeling that if Musk stayed a Democrat we'd see articles here about the benefits of what he's putting into space and the massive technological improvements his company(ies) have made? But no, we'd rather stifle these benefits in as much red-tape as possible because of his politics.
Thanks for pointing that out—I added a note to the post.
Yeah "Nice work if you can get it"? This website just recycles other websites reporting, not exactly groundbreaking work being done here.
The county office closure is a furlough, so all the employees being affected are given a forced leave without pay during the holidays, not exactly a vacation. https://www.noozhawk.com/state-budget-cuts-force-furloughs-reduced-court-clerk-office-hours/
Love your “noisy SpaceX run by Trump ally” needs to “curtail its nuisance associated launches” followed by brief about trains- remember when people used to moan about them? They’re still riding the rails. Planes still taking off & landing. What about the new helicopter tours? How are they getting by without upsetting folks? Good luck!
Kim, I couldn’t agree with you more! While perusing the menu RH Firehouse restaurant, they’ve actually named a salad the “Mulholland Drive”. What’s next, the Rodeo Drive risotto?
As the author, Erik, points out, RH Firehouse Grill surprisingly does not offer any vegetarian or vegan option. We commend and so appreciate the Stone House, whose Chef offers stunningly delicious vegan and vegetarian options.
Sad but true
The LA ‘ization of SB continues on every level Beyond sad
I agree with Jared that not everything can be saved, but I think there's still plenty of vacant/underutilized lots in downtown that are better candidates for multi-family new construction. We all benefit from the HLC until it affects something we own ourselves, and then it's bureaucratic overreach. So I commiserate with the owners as well. :)
