Tag: Electrify America

October 23, 2025

Santa Barbara Has Hired a New State Street Consultant

Other recent news: The number of international visitors is down; addressing the city's budget shortfall; an update on the Electrify America vehicle-charging station; Santa Barbara County looks to phase out all onshore oil operations; Sable Offshore loses in court; first steps toward a new trail linking Buellton, Solvang and Santa Ynez. 20

September 17, 2025

A New Family-Friendly Pool Hall Is Opening Downtown

Plus: Changes at the Montecito Country Mart; another long Highway 101 off-ramp closure; Anna Janelle Jewelry is moving to State Street; Pacific Premier Bank got bought; work is underway on the downtown charging station; new jiu-jitsu and self-defense studio; Paul McCartney to play the Santa Barbara Bowl. 7

June 1, 2025

The Biltmore’s Reopening Has Been Pushed Back

Plus: ChatGPT's roast of Santa Barbara County; new effort to change the way Santa Barbara is run; update on the Electrify America charging station; Kaarem's Victoria Court boutique has closed; Dawes to play the Lobero Theatre; downtown building to be clad in artificial turf; note from a descendant of the proprietor of the Weeping Willow Inn. 10

February 16, 2024

Santa Barbara Airport Has Added “VIP Concierge Service”

Plus: The Biltmore now intends to fill in its unpermitted pool; Heidi Merrick archive sale; Habitat for Humanity is looking to reopen its Restore store; progress for the Electrify America charging station; Orlebar Brown opened at the Montecito Country Mart; Los Patos roundabout construction to start soon; retreat center on Painted Cave Road; Namaste clothing boutique is moving. 9

November 24, 2023

New Look for the Tri-County Produce Building

Plus: Art gallery opening on State Street; Galerie XX has closed up shop here; Cat Power in concert; update on the Electrify America vehicle-charging station; Glen Annie Golf Club rumor; Casa de Maria is still in limbo; amusing Instagram account about Ojai. 12

December 22, 2022

Church Has Plans for a Big Roof Deck Downtown

Plus: Women's apparel store opening in the former Rite Aid on State Street; Olive Mill ramps not closing till at least January 8; new look for the apartment complex proposed for Carrillo and De La Vina; updates on the downtown electric-vehicle charging station and the redesign of the State Street undercrossing; Gaviota rest areas reopen; the story behind a Jeff Shelton house on the Riviera; the annual homeless count; drive-through car wash in the works for S. La Cumbre Road; "Golden Hour" at My Pet Ram. 5

October 25, 2022

Sneak Preview of the Social Club for Parents and Kids

Plus: Tri-County Produce appears to have been sold; what's up with Ghost Village Road trick-or-treating this year; update on the Electrify America charging station coming to downtown; a new musical called "Miss You Like Hell." 4

July 22, 2021

Paso Robles Light Show Is Morphing Into an “Outdoor Museum”

Other recent news: Santa Barbara's transportation guru claims his religious activities have been held against him; researchers are looking into why California bluffs collapse; electric-vehicle charging lot proposed for Chapala and Cabrillo; members appointed to the State Street commission; East Beach Inn wants a variance; mountain lion spotted in Samarkand.