Thanks for the fun post!
Looking at Ordinance 332 / SBMC §1.12.010, the seal is only defined as a circle with the words “Seal of the City of Santa Barbara, California” and “the design of a bay, ship and the rising sun.” That makes me wonder if the current artwork )with two ships, mountains, and a prominent lighthouse) was a later evolution rather than the original 1900 seal, or if there was an earlier version that matched the ordinance more literally.
Also, if the ships are meant to be entering the Santa Barbara Channel from the south, what lighthouse did the artist have in mind? In 1901 the working lights were the Santa Barbara Mesa lighthouse, Point Conception, and Point Hueneme (with Point Arguello just coming online), while the Anacapa Island light station didn’t appear until later.
I fully support a thoughtful redesign!
Kind of, it was his office for as long as I can remember. His house was on Padre, near Roosevelt school.
Isn't the Valerio Cottage Ashleigh Brilliant's house?
We saw the inside of W Valerio cottage and it is bonkers. Probably going to be a small new apartment building when everything is said and done. I guess it’s zoned for multiple dwellings.
Ah, well, that explains it then, stolen of course :(
...and now, sadly, the shoe is gone. We all loved that shoe! Where has it gone?
Nothing is happening with these big plans for at Dwight Murphy Field. It was closed all summer to the kids of the Eastside. It just sat there. It’s still just sitting there. Yeah it will be great someday but what about the kids who need it today? It should have been left open until the builders are ready to start
I’m 44 but I guess personal insults are what someone goes to when they do not have substantive arguments to be made.
Judging by your comments maybe you should have heeded better the warnings not to lick lead paint and inhale gas fumes.
There is no reason to fear- we didn't stop driving after Mom's first DUI, nor did we stop going out to eat after Dad got food poisoning- we just made better choices on where to eat. Your reply begets a boy raised with blinders on aka UCSB for 5 years and never clocked in for one minute at a job.
We are investing in forward thinking energy technologies but, as of today, we still rely on fossil fuels to maintain our society. While we are still reliant on fossil fuels, particularly with the spotlight on environmental concerns, why is it better - for Earth - to have us extract oil in a far away land with little environmental oversight and ship it all the way around the world (using one of the dirtiest forms of fossil fuel) for us to consume locally vs. extracting here where we have significant environmental oversight and where the financial benefits help fund our continued pursuit of forward thinking energy technologies?
I don't care for this legacy to live on: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-oil-spill-50-years-ago-inspired-first-earth-day-180972007/
Why not invest in forward thinking energy technologies than relying on a literal finite resource that will eventually dry up?
Yes, agree 100% Mark! Let's start a gofundme page to get Jefferson an electric car, so he can get off his high horse (all the Jeffersons I know "drive" horses) and stop clogging up the roads with his HS (similar, but not exactly the same as BS)!
The new drilling will happen in the old drillings location- and it will be a huge finacial success for both the company and the County. Have a great day!
I hope this new drilling never happens. I saw Newsom already stating it was "DOA" The fascist in chief wants to destroy everything in his path to appease his billionaire friends. Wishing him all the least amount of success in the future.
Guess the sarcasm was too subtle
Builder's Remedy is the disease.
Great idea, instead of extracting the oil we consume on a daily basis locally with some of the most stringent environmental protections in the world, were local workers can be employed and local tax revenue received, let's extract it from a far away country with little to no environmental controls, where the local population is exploited or at best disregarded, then put it on giant tankers to sail part way around the world so we can use it locally. Yeah, screw Venezuela but keep our shores clean! Environmental NIMBY's are such hypocrites.
NH, we went to Comedor last night and after we sat down and they showed us the new menu and told us we had to go up to the counter to order, we walked out. No more Enchiladas Suizas and other great meals. So sad, I hope someone tells them to go back to where they started!
Thanks for the update on the Dwight Murphy field. I think it's great that they make these improvements, it just concerns me that they actually don't take care of them and they fall into complete disarray after a few years. What starts out to be a beautiful idea turns into a homeless encampments and trash areas because no one actually takes care of them. These things project need ongoing maintenance that workers actually care about, and are there enough time to actually make a difference.
For example look at the beautiful East Beach grill area that they redid a few years ago, it is disgustingly dirty, and nothing is ever cleaned out. The sand is never cleaned their cigarette butts everywhere. The planters smell like urine there's just no quality to anything. The parking lot next to it is disgusting. I've never seen so much trash and sand and cigarette butts. you think they would pass a street sweeper through it every so often. low quality. If it was any other country, they do have someone there maintaining it full-time. The landscape has died back with bad decision making like 10" of gorilla hair around succulents. These type of places need in-house full-time staffing to maintain and not farmed out to some random landscape company that just pulls tiny 2 inch pieces of grass out of the soil all day long.
I'm even more curious to understand how much Budget the city has. I thought the city was sort of broke. When they just allocated 1/2 million for 'immigration aide', I thought they had no money left and it was a big controversy. I mean, if you got $30 million to fix apart, and then you're doing the Shell Park, how much Budget has gone into city improvement that they dont maintain.
The drilling will never take place. The lead times are way too long, and it will be canceled as soon as 2028. He should concentrate on his regime change in Venezuela as they have the largest proven reserves in the world.
Sounds like some people on here haven’t been to the brass bird in carpinteria. It’s probably one of the top 3 coffee houses/cafes I have ever been to.
Also If they are planning on expanding their menu. All I am going to say is wow!!! Can’t wait and I will be there on opening day I guarantee it.
I don't know why either. But consider this, a few weeks ago I got a super burrito from a small Mexican place on E. Haley. A burrito de pollo, with guac & sour cream. $17 dollars. . .. Seriously, one of the hole in the wall types on Haley street is charging that much.! Maybe it's too expensive to create those other items you guys like.
We were really looking forward to "Teddy's on State" and sorely disappointed that it will be another cafe. I'm sure it will be tasty and welcome, but San Roque already has so many cafes and sandwich spots.
Nope. When I have news, I run it.
