April 24, 2025
Tag: Ed St. George
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Is Going to Sell McCormick House
Other recent news: Renoviction ordinance adopted; 2028 LA Olympics won't be around here; the case of the big red shoe; judge resigns amid misconduct allegations; online map for lost pets; Lake Cachuma may allow swimming; UCSB to build more housing; cars keep running into a Westside duplex; large self-storage facility proposed in Goleta; possible redevelopment of the Pea Soup Andersen’s building. 11
September 26, 2024
A Faster Track for the Miramar’s Retail and Housing Expansion
Other recent news: The new owner of Buellton landmark Pea Soup Andersen's; California to finally ban the sale of all plastic bags at grocery stores; buyer found for the News-Press's physical archive; bomb thrown inside a Santa Maria courthouse building; the tree of the month; the Riv's ode to Bianca Censori. 3
August 11, 2022
August 8, 2022
Brass Bear Is Opening an Uptown Branch
More food news: A new Japanese restaurant in San Roque; more on Fresco Cafe's imminent move downtown; the Coast Range folks are opening an establishment in the Succulent space; Italian market and deli opening in Solvang; Third Window's smash burger is as good as people say. 2
July 8, 2022
A Push to Remove the Southbound 101 Onramp at San Ysidro Road
Other recent news: New dates for the construction of three roundabouts; a block of Anacapa will become two-way starting this fall; possible new uses for the Earl Warren Showgrounds; pelicans determined to be starving; no charges in Santa Barbara High School prank; groundwater fee in Carpinteria; dreary design proposed for W. Montecito Street hotel. 4
April 25, 2022
Makeover Proposed for the Former Nordstrom Building
Plus: Hotel coming to the vacant lot next to Santa Cruz Market; hotel rates are now 50 percent higher than three years ago; Pacaso opposition on the Riviera; the old Victor the Florist storefront is for lease; Kismet's annex is open in Montecito's Upper Village; discounted membership for the forthcoming CycleBar. 5
November 24, 2021
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August 19, 2020
August 4, 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?
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