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November 19, 2025

  • Get Out of Town

The Glorious Isolation of Santa Barbara Island

On the smallest of the eight Channel Islands, you really do feel like you're in the middle of the ocean. 4

June 5, 2024

  • Get Out of Town

Santa Rosa Island in One Day

A day trip to Santa Rosa Island involves a lot of sightseeing on the ferry, but there's enough time for a truly lovely hike through unspoiled nature. 4

August 24, 2022

  • Day Trip

Exploring the Sea Caves of Santa Cruz Island

Everything you need to know about the Santa Barbara Adventure Company's terrific kayak tour of Santa Cruz Island.

May 13, 2020

  • Odds & Ends

Did Ellen and Portia Get Cold Feet?

Plus: Channel Islands reopening strategy in the works; house asking for twice the rent it asked for three years ago; new fire restrictions in Los Padres National Forest; Highway 101 median trees cut down; free rocks.

March 17, 2020

  • Odds & Ends

Give Burn Areas a Chance to Dry Out Before You Hike

Plus: City recreation facilities are closed; Lotusland, Riviera Theatre, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art are on hiatus; real-estate agents' caravan is off; Island Packers suspends trips for a while; help spruce up the Sespe Wilderness trails; two recent sales of note.

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Just Listed

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Recent Comments

Totally agree. The Santa Barbara Company is the BEST for finding unique, special gifts. Love this place and the staff. — laura

Sad. We enjoyed the food & service every time we dined there. — Alisa

I totally agree and came to write a similar comment. Deal of the century right there. There’s something we don’t know. — BW

The Santa Barbara Company has so many wonderful products! Wholeheartedly agree with this endoresment! — Erik

It's a shame...I actually can't believe Local outlasted Bar Lou. I feel like Montecito needs to figure out what it wants to be. The only… — Swan

I deleted your second comment because you made it under a different name, as if someone else is agreeing with you. If you'd like to… — Erik Torkells

4347 Marina Dr selling for $1000 sq ft seems off. There had to be something funky going on. — Pete

The owner of the Harbor Restaurant is not only a real estate agent he’s also a real estate attorney. Is he really trying to tell… — FoodieSB

And the most authentic and genuine store of all “The Santa Barbara Company” not even mentioned … — Jane Phila Rogers

Just went to the Copper Coffee Pot today and the Caserta Pizza was just as good as when it was L’Antica. Yay! — ElizabethW

Restaurant News

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Burning Questions

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Get Out of Town

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