Tag: Arvand Sabetian

July 12, 2023

Odds & Ends

“Music Under the Stars” at Elings Park

Plus: A new hatmaker in town; the Galerie XX space is for rent; the Legacy Arts Listening Room on State Street; update about the hotel proposed for Chapala Street; Patty Griffin and Todd Snider at the Lobero Theatre; Andy Lepe‘s geometric paintings. 2

July 7, 2023

Odds & Ends

Two More Hotels Are in the Works

Plus: New vintage shop downtown; tiny Funk Zone building slated to become a bar; rendering of the Indian Health Service clinic on State Street; 35-unit apartment building proposed for W. Carrillo Street; 47-unit apartment building proposed for S. Hope Avenue; kooky postal regulations. 9

March 16, 2023

On the Horizon

Two More Downtown Hotels Are in the Works

A pair of proposed hotel conversions are likely to revive the debate over whether Santa Barbara officials should be doing more to prioritize residential development over hospitality, given the need for more housing. 5

March 2, 2022

Odds & Ends

30-Room Automated Hotel in the Works for Garden Street

Plus: Update on the State Street undercrossing revamp; three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows, including the Chicks; chic Santa Ynez store popping up in Montecito; ribbon-cutting for the Las Positas-Modoc Road Multiuse Path; where to buy Jeff Shelton's book; what happened to the Four Freedoms murals on Anacapa Street. 4