Tag: 701 N. Milpas Street

April 10, 2025

The County Might Build Workforce Housing Downtown

Other recent news: Jewelry store to close after 52 years; another DignityMoves project is in the works; prominent developer says he's getting out of Santa Barbara; city survey of historical buildings in San Roque; Trump administration orders more logging in Los Padres National Forest; Cottage Health looking to open a big new building in Buellton. 4

January 25, 2023

The Results of a Community Survey About State Street

Other recent news: The buyer of Ellen DeGeneres's Ennisbrook hacienda; 82-unit apartment complex on Milpas gets final design approval; bike lane construction to start on W. Mission Street; Santa Barbara Central Library has partially reopened; Santa Ynez now has a cannabis shop; revised Munger Hall design expected this summer; the tree of the month is the Kentia palm; St. Regis Princeville Resort to become a 1 Hotel, with a focus on wellness. 3

September 11, 2022

Jennifer Aniston Bought a House from Oprah Winfrey

Other recent news: There's talk of a sophisticated burglary in Montecito; big Milpas Street apartment complex makes progress; story poles up for Chapala Street apartments; Goleta is getting a gas station and keeping a car wash. 1

May 18, 2022

QAD Is Looking to Sell Its Spectacular Campus

Other recent news: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden bought in Ennisbrook; the Ritz-Carlton Bacara was sold; pelicans are experiencing a mysterious health problem; Amtrak passengers will be allowed to take pets on the Pacific Surfliner; De La Vina buildings to be seized by eminent domain; Milpas Street apartment complex grows to 82 units; Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married here.

September 18, 2021

Governor Newsom Signs Housing Bills That Could Make Neighborhoods Much Denser

Other recent news: The renovation of Ortega Park finally moves forward; unanticipated drop in cannabis-tax revenues; county considers more stringent cannabis permitting; the rumored settlement for Santa Barbara's transportation chief; the unvaccinated dominate local Covid hospitalizations; Goleta formalizes in-lieu fees for affordable housing; Carpinteria is shifting to electing its city council by district; new water stations at Alameda and Shoreline parks; dangerous citrus pest found in Santa Barbara County; 82-unit apartment complex on Milpas gets approved.

June 1, 2021

The San Marcos Foothills Fundraising Drive Got an Extension

Plus: Orangetheory's Santa Barbara studio is finally about to open; Channel Islands National Park seeks public comment on a new campground; revised design for the big apartment complex on Milpas Street; pop-up shop selling local goods coming to State Street; "Where in Santa Barbara...?" answer; anyone know an irrigation specialist?