April 11, 2024
Tag: Das Williams
Where State Farm Won’t Be Renewing This Year
Other recent news: The 99 Cents Only store on lower State Street will close; cruise ship visits limited to 20 per year; a new debris basin above Park Lane in Montecito; five-story building downtown gets ripped by the Architectural Board of Review; up to a thousand new homes proposed for Glen Annie golf course; Das Williams thinks cannabis wasn't a main factor in his loss; California Coastal Commission weighing its role on rocket launches; Miranda Lambert to play the California Mid-State Fair. 6
March 7, 2024
The Deal to Transform Paseo Nuevo Is Taking Shape
Other recent news: The owner of nearly all local movie theaters declared bankruptcy; Roy Lee appears to have dislodged Das Williams; Garden Street hotel moves forward; the buyer who paid $32 million for the DeGeneres/de Rossi flip; updated FEMA flood maps expected soon; the Macy's store at La Cumbre is spared for now; Ellwood Marine Terminal to be restored to its natural state; Ellwood Mesa has reopened to the public; wind farm near Lompoc begins operations. 9
February 15, 2024
The Effort to Build a New Pedestrian Bridge Over Highway 101
Other recent news: The spectacular Pepper Hill house finally got published; Santa Barbara's new city administrator; some of the issues people have with county supervisor Das Williams; two school fields opened for after-hours use; understanding Santa Barbara’s Measure A; Carpinteria Avenue mixed-use development moves forward. 8
February 8, 2024
May 8, 2022
March 4, 2022
May 6, 2021
More Than 40 Percent of County Adults Are Fully Vaccinated
Other recent news: Santa Barbara loses fight over regulating short-term vacation rentals; more on the state bills that would allow rampant construction of housing; dogs sickened by county mulch; cannabis farm in wine country agrees to odor controls; Meagan Harmon appointed to California Coastal Commission; city grocery workers to receive "hazard pay." 3
March 9, 2021
July 13, 2020
July 7, 2020
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
Recent Comments
Not to out-pedanticize you, but as someone who worked in specialty coffee for over a decade, I must point out that your pedantic paradoxical parable… — Par King
I walk past that mysterious little pied-à-terre on E. Carrillo almost daily with my dog. Happy to catch some photos of the interior and courtyard.… — Marc
Not many boutique health resorts being built for the middle class Im afraid. On the plus side lots of jobs from construction and operations.🙂 — Don
Hi Erik, listing agent for 411 E. Carrillo here. Thank you so much for the write-up. I really enjoy reading your work, and waking up… — Spencer Cole
I'm glad there is an animal crossing — HoratioP
With just a tiny bit of research, Rincon Farms is a regenerative organic farm , yay ! I’m excited to try Monte’s, and equally as… — Janie
Sounds exactly like the person you don’t want to meet at a bar… — Zeljko
Will this health resort only be accessible for the wealthy? Is this a resort that the working class can also afford? — Evie
2021? Are you stuck down there? Do you need help? We’re up here in 2026. — Jenna
Yeah, you're clearly not their target market. — Jefferson A.