Tag: Bosse Toy Train Museum

June 17, 2025

40 Ways to Entertain Out-of-Town Guests

Houseguest season is upon us, but how to keep them occupied? Here are a whole lot of quintessentially Santa Barbara suggestions. Of course, you need not be hosting visitors to justify an adventure.... 6

September 1, 2024

The Tri-County Produce Building Might Be Spared

Plus: Sonoma Fit isn't happening; more on the Highway 101 veterans' memorial; update on the Bossé Toy Train Museum's expansion; delusional bike signage; the Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival; Funk Zone flower mural. 13

July 16, 2023

First Look Inside the Bosse Toy Train Museum

You don't have to be a train enthusiast or a kid to get a kick out of the museum, which displays a fraction of Art Bossé's collection and is a terrific addition to State Street. 4

May 22, 2023

CycleBar Is Opening in Noleta

Plus: Highway 101 construction to shift north, with San Ysidro Road taking the first hit; 30-unit Lower Riviera apartment complex in the works; the murky situation at Bosse's Toy Train Museum; did Santa Barbara Airport overbuild?; the argument to remove the ring nets; Route 33 north of Ojai is closed through summer at least. 1

May 12, 2023

City Parking Rates May Get Raised Again

Other recent news: An airshow might come to Santa Barbara next year; the toy train museum on State Street appears to be expanding; YouTuber pilot pleads guilty to destroying plane wreckage; more on the proposed 90-cabin homeless community; the cannabis-tax conundrum; update on closed front-country trails; Los Alamos B&B with themed rooms; Santa Barbara Humane wants a bigger building; offshore wind farm in the works near Vandenberg Space Force Base. 4

August 9, 2021

Signs of Life at State Street’s Toy Train Museum

Plus: A new home for the Vintage Fox antiques store; the latest on Ortega Park's murals; another push for landmark designation for the Bungalow Haven neighborhood; a neat new residence proposed for downtown; the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments seeks committee members. 2

December 15, 2020

Why Is There a Train Station Inside This State Street Storefront?

"In the storefront between the Christian Science Reading Room and Open Air Bicycles is a replica of a train station. Is it old or new? Why does it exist?" —C. 1