Tag: Charlie Munger

July 23, 2023

Inside the “Floating Home” Docked in the Harbor

Other recent news: UCSB is said to have pulled the plug on its monstrous dorm; Sonos is moving its headquarters to Goleta; is the Santa Barbara News-Press's print edition dead for good?; favorable reaction to 37-unit W. Carrillo Street project; investigating the remnants of Japan's 1942 attack at Timbers; no reopening estimate for Highway 1 near Big Sur; pilot program for a downtown tourist trolley. 4

December 24, 2021

15,000 Monarch Butterflies Have Returned to Goleta

Other recent news: Charlie Munger bought an $11 million house in Montecito; local TV personality accused of fraud; UCSB to start winter quarter online; more analysis of the county redistricting; buyer of Ellwood Ranch has no plans to develop it.

November 4, 2021

The County Has Extended Its Health Order Requiring Masks Indoors

Other recent news: Randy Rowse and the three city council incumbents were declared election winners; an interview with Rowse; why Santa Barbara needs a runoff or ranked-choice voting; Charlie Munger defends his depressing UCSB dorm design; county Planning Commission formally rejected ExxonMobil's trucking proposal; the former Nordstrom building has new owners wary of big-box retail.

October 30, 2021

UCSB’s Horrific Dorm Has Become a National Story

Just in time for Halloween, UCSB's monstrous Munger Hall has gone viral, so you're going to need an opinion about the project. Then again, does anyone—except the school administration and benefactor Charlie Munger—think the nearly windowless dorm is a good idea?