I agree. I walk by this house often. I can't imagine paying $3.5 million for it. Thought I did notice a closing price change to $2,799,000. Yes, amazing unblocked views. But you'd have to tear it down after the years of ick. Did you notice? It was purchased in 1988 for $350k. Someone made a great return!
Ricardo Ave does have incredible views, but that is a bonkers price for a former hoarder house.
Erik,
Your 'Walk With Me' write-ups are always entertaining and inspiring! Thanks :-)
Man oh man, that's a lot to digest! Us old-timers remember when the Bankruptcy Court was the lovely I. Magnin store.... i worked at 1900 State - didn't know it was called "El Dorado" nor did i notice the 1963 by Janis Mattox's “Santa Barbara" assemblage... as I was too busy fighting with Dave Fritzen (founder of Santa Barbara Magazine, Islands magazine, etc.) when i was editor of what finally became Seasons Magazine. I was trying to get him to change the title of the magazine previously known as "This Week in Santa Barbara" since it was a quarterly. Mission accomplished. RIP I. Magnin... Dave Fritzen.. Seasons magazine.. and much, much more.
Back side of Cantwells market.
Finally I give two shits about this game, but apparently more was expected of me. I’m worried we’re headed to the third page of the site. Please don’t. Hints? 🙏
Regarding the new health Academy program: these types of programs are all over the state of California in most high schools. They are called Career Technical Education, and they give students the opportunity to experience a career pathway before spending time and money on a degree for something they may not enjoy. They are available for police and fire as cadet programs. It's the pathway my son took to become a fireman. Additionally, there are JROTC for the military, culinary arts programs (Oxnard college has their own restaurant), engineering, programming, and many more. For some students, it may lead to college for others or right into a career, but research shows that they have a better opportunity for success, knowing more about what they're choosing.
Excellent news!
More news if not yet addressed - the lower level restaurant in the harbor of the former Chuck's, and terribly woeful Anchor Rose is getting reviewed for a place called Corazon Sal de Mar - which appears to be related or owned by Corazon Cocina. So long as the prices are local friendly as they are at their other location, not too chichi (Gracie almost goes there), this could be a very nice addition. Mexican food in the harbor!
Hello Siteline,
I am a Board Trustee at SB USD. All three high schools have “pre-vocational” programs that any Santa Barbara, Goleta or Montecito student can apply to and attend. These programs can either help students pursue an interest before they commit to that path in college or pursue a vocational career after graduation. I am also a physician on staff at Cottage Hospital and Cottage has agreed to support internships and academic support for the students to create a high quality program. Westmont College has committed to accepting graduates with qualifying GPAs into their health program with financial support. Our community partners allow us to offer SB USD students unique experiences. One of my children attended Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy at DPHS which is led by MacArthur grantee Amir Abo-Shaeer. He is studying computer science and math. My other child attended the Visual Arts and Design Academy at SBHS and she is pursuing veterinary medicine. There are several programs and academies at all the high schools and I invite you to tour any and all. You can reach out to me or the school district anytime!
I do however miss their awesome neon sign.
Riviera Bar was so incomparably better than Sportsman Lounge which has been and will continue to be one of the worst bars in that part of town
Saaaammmmme.
Can all of you please go take a walk or something? The nyah-nyah-nyah is tedious and you're not changing anyone's minds.
I used to eat beef but was told cows are the cause of bad weather so I switched to chicken. Now I can't eat chicken either?
The chicken is good? Albeit the most vile, unethically raised..these are birds without beaks, and bred with breasts too large for them to stand up.
Yes eat hearty :(
I’m dying
ohhh Paul you butthurt ? You gonna boycott Tesla, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Tiger Wood, Shaq, Charles Barkley and 75 million other Americans?
Would be nice to have some sort of article about Chinese restaurants in our area.
Thanks. Love your work
A lot of virtue signalers out today. I bet you put a "I bought this before Elon went crazy" sticker on your Tesla too.
I Completely agree Paul
Embarassing and shameful reply.
Because their chicken is good.
Chick-fil-A is owned by Trumpers. Why would anyone go there??
Dad—you are the closed-minded hate and discrimination that's the real problem in the Santa Barbara community. It's hilarious that people like you think you're open-minded, yet you'll do anything to shut down someone else's point of view. Interfering with law enforcement when they're arresting child molesters is absurd. Until ultra-hateful people like you are directly affected in your safe little enclaves, you'll keep fighting for the molesters and the drug dealers.
We are Mexican. We live on the Westside, and our neighborhoods are getting worse every single day. Our Latino restaurant owners are being hurt by illegal vending—all while white, rich, privileged people like you fight to protect it and silence the rest of us.
FYI: The Latinos who run legal businesses are barely keeping their heads above water because they actually follow the rules.
Imagine being a young Latina woman walking home late from a restaurant shift, having to pass under a bridge full of homeless people, feeling scared and harassed the whole way. You'd have to imagine it, because you'd never be in these neighborhoods at that hour to see the reality of what you're fighting for.
It's a truly bizarre community. White people get together to "support" all us immigrants, but they don't actually care about us. They just love their gardener and their cleaning lady because those people serve a purpose for them. But 100%—they were the first ones to keep their distance during COVID because they thought those same workers would infect them. I saw it first hand. White women outside at the beach screaming at Mexicans to put masks on. That's the behavior of people like DAD
If you really want to help immigrants, go down to the beach at the end of Milpas—there are a bunch of homeless people there right now. Bring them blankets this morning after the rain, bring coffee and warm food. Nah, you would never do that. Too scared.
Your words and your signs do nothing to help anybody. If you really want to help, go take a walk around our neighborhoods and see how safe you actually feel. Go to the wall where the day laborers wait, give some money to the kids who just got here from Mexico, reach out to the young men being fed crystal meth by others—who are now addicted and living on the street. You'll find many of them right there at the wall. Go help.
Sad truth about Santa Barbara: it's a community full of words and signs but very little real action that directly helps the people they claim to care about. Everyone would rather make signs, scream, stay at home unless they go to an event with other whites, and never actually go help someone. Low-IQ behavior.
Go make a real change. we definitely know the intentions are good, but it actually creates no help. You're fighting to protect the criminals which actually makes our neighborhoods less safe, especially for our young women, our young Mexican women who are immigrants and don't report anything to the police when something happens.
