June 17, 2025
Tag: Bosse Toy Train Museum
September 1, 2024
July 16, 2023
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
Burning Questions
- Why Are the Railroad Tracks Being Expanded Along Padaro Lane?
- Will You Explain the Plan to Adapt the Waterfront for Climate Change?
- Why Did the Rosewood Miramar Beach Install Gates?
- How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
- Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
- Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
Recent Comments
Is MAGA in the room with us now? — Jefferson A.
Remember this: Frequency is Freedom, and for a line like this, siding projects are essential to improving frequency. (Draw some stringlines yourself, or model it… — UrbanUnPlanner
Like most NIMBYism, environmentalism is just the excuse used to block something the neighbors don’t like — LD
You win the prize for seeing past the City/County lines! The train serves all of California, just like the 101 freeway does, so what might… — Christine!
This article feels very shortsighted. It seems to heavily cater toward the viewpoint of Montecito residents instead of a broader audience. This project also affects… — Christian Lietzow
I think this is a great project, and I think all the pearl clutching by the Padaro Lane folks is a bit premature. LOSSAN reps… — Kevin
A NON-cierge Hotel.... gotta love it. — Lee
I don't understand the environmental argument for fighting this. Improved rail service increases ridership, which means more people opting to take the train who would… — John
Big fan of trains! — Colin Warn
I actually agree with you, much prefer this to the freeway expansion. But the tree loss is a real bummer. Folks should remember that it… — J