October 28, 2024
Tag: 102 W. De La Guerra Street
24 Hour Fitness Will Close Next Year
Plus: Snazzy new architecture proposed off upper State Street; World Market has put its space on the market; revised design for the five-story building in the works on W. De La Guerra; Ojai's Hotel El Roblar will have a freestanding spa; convenience store rebranding; a chat with Josh Brolin; paintings by Roland Petersen in Solvang. 10
April 23, 2024
Big Price Cut for the “Floating Home” at the Harbor
Plus: Xanadu Skate Boutique is having a moving sale; the new mural at Gutierrez and Chapala; the Highway 217 onramp at Sandspit Road will be closed for at least another year; vintage clothing shop opening on State Street; 21-unit apartment complex proposed for Hollister Avenue; more on the improvements at Birnam Wood Golf Club; where Eye of the Day is moving to; paid parking at a vacant lot on W. De La Guerra Street. 2
April 11, 2024
Where State Farm Won’t Be Renewing This Year
Other recent news: The 99 Cents Only store on lower State Street will close; cruise ship visits limited to 20 per year; a new debris basin above Park Lane in Montecito; five-story building downtown gets ripped by the Architectural Board of Review; up to a thousand new homes proposed for Glen Annie golf course; Das Williams thinks cannabis wasn't a main factor in his loss; California Coastal Commission weighing its role on rocket launches; Miranda Lambert to play the California Mid-State Fair. 6
March 31, 2024
Five-Story Building Proposed for Downtown
Plus: Show of work by artist/architect Nicklaus Schwaller; Jazz at the Ballroom returns to the Lobero Theatre; “non-emergency city offices” closed tomorrow for a holiday; screening of a documentary about 19th-century courtesans in Paris; indoor skydiving in L.A. 4
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