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Pretty poor implementation! Extremely confusing and doesn’t keep things simple. Thanks for digging into it though.

And they’re taking away two blocks of parking on Castillo Street even though the city encourages people to build and not require parking where are those cars going to park? At my count it was 35 cars

Thanks for all you do, Erik, this is certainly my favorite local website. Fun to learn about my community, see how houses come and go, learn about eating establishments -- and the drinking ones, too. You do a good job!

I've considered a calendar over the years, because it's a logical extension, but updating anything daily quickly becomes a drag. And I already spend an inordinate amount of time sifting through information; the thought of also compiling an event calendar—copying, pasting, cleaning up the formatting, etc.—is just too much. (For other posts, I at least get to sprinkle a little zest here and there.....) On top of all that, there's the matter of having to decide what to include and what not to include. In my opinion, such a calendar only works if it's tightly edited—just the good stuff—but that means telling people no over and over. I already do a fair amount of that, and it takes a psychological toll. I think this is one of those things that has to be sacrificed due to Siteline being a one-person operation. I will, however, make an effort to get events mentioned sooner.

Brilliant news about Stella Mare. It’s a great restaurant in a lovely building that deserves to stay right where it is.

I'm certainly aware of that. I'm at the mercy of when I find out about things (often at the last minute) and the frequency with which I run relevant website posts and the email newsletter. One way to be aware of events sooner is to check this website daily; another is to follow Siteline on social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and now Threads), although some of those aren't great about showing you everything. Another possibility would be increasing the frequency of the email newsletter, but twice a week feels right to me, and I'm not sure I can make enough content to justify three newsletters a week. Or I could conceivably start a weekly email dedicated to events, but I'm not super excited about taking that on (or having to tell people that their event doesn't merit inclusion).

Hook & Press are doing raspberry cardamom sufganiyot (jelly filled doughnuts). Not sure if you have to preorder them.

This email arrived too late (this morning) for some events that happened yesterday.

Hello, Is the new housing in the RV storage going to be rental units or homes for sale? Thank you

I know that X post the launches, but everyone it seems that 50+ people post on Nextdoor, Facebook, Reddit.. what was the boom? Being a tourist city some have no clue and other can’t keep track of the (postponed) launches. 911 claims to receive tons of calls from unexpected residents.

Check out the @SpaceX hiring page- tons of great jobs at VSFB with 500 more approaching! I bet that really gets Salud Carbajals armpit sweaty- love how he’ll act like it was him that made it happen vs Elon Musk et all! So glad all the ecoidiots who were so happy to proclaim the demise of the monarch are now eating their words. It’s heart warming!