Tag: La Cumbre Plaza

April 6, 2025

Nashville-Style Hot Chicken Restaurant Opening on State Street

More food news: Mendocino Farms chain coming to La Cumbre Plaza; the Godmothers bookstore's café has scaled back its ambitions; Haas's Fine Ice Cream profile; new Thai restaurant taking the place of a closed one; expanded hours at the Dutch Garden; dinner at Tyler x Lieu Dit; what's up with Louie's California Bistro? 3

January 16, 2025

The County Is Finally Doing Something About the Cannabis Stench

Other recent news: Did Ty Warner destroy this artwork?; the stone pines of E. Anapamu get a reprieve; Biltmore to install butterfly-shaped swim rafts; Macy's at La Cumbre Plaza survived the first round of store closures; Santa Barbara may raise bus fares; out-of-control minivan on Stearns Wharf. 16

January 15, 2025

King Kong Comes to Montecito

Plus: The Talbots store at La Cumbre Plaza is closing; Khruangbin returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl; Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to play the Granada Theatre; a short stone wall on the Eastside; tree maintenance to affect two major streets; when license plate recognition fails.

December 19, 2024

Looking Into the Effect of Space Launches

Other recent news: Macy's will close 65 stores after the holiday season; railroad-crossing failure due to vandalism; a step forward for the Surfliner Inn; profile of The Horse Project Santa Barbara; non-emergency city offices to close for two weeks. 21

December 21, 2022

The Plan for 685 New Apartments at La Cumbre Plaza

The developers are focusing on the greater Macy's area, in the belief that a smaller development comprising buildings of different styles will be more in character with Santa Barbara than something monolithic. 32

December 16, 2022

Highway 101 Construction in Montecito Could Start This Summer

Other recent news: Goleta residents bedeviled by airport noise; a look inside Bellosguardo; State Street building to be converted to "workforce housing"; the difficulty of turning Paseo Nuevo residential; new pop-up shop at the Well; Carpinteria makes parklets permanent and bans "formula businesses" downtown; horseback riders win Live Oak Trail court battle; Inclusive Arts Clubhouse coming to La Cumbre Plaza; Clic sibling shop in Ojai.

November 17, 2022

The Ortega Park Redesign Is Close to Finalized

Other recent news: Election results trickle in along expected lines, but the Surfliner Inn contest remains close; why Aloha Fun Center fizzled; 332-unit apartment complex in Goleta moves forward; new Santa Barbara High School building approved; Sears signs removed; pushback for the two-room Funk Zone hotel.

September 15, 2022

Coast Village Road Parklets to Be Limited to Two Parking Spaces

Other recent news: The plan to turn the Palms in Carpinteria into a hotel has fallen through; cannabis farms accused of improperly drawing water from the Santa Ynez River; Patagonia's founder is donating the company to charity; new beach structure underway at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara; mall storefronts being used as gallery spaces; the history of a house on Garcia Road.

March 30, 2022

Why Is So Much of the Macy’s Store Empty?

"What's going on at the Macy's store in La Cumbre Plaza? The second floor is empty and there are toys on the ground floor." —D. 1

March 12, 2022

Cannabis Revenue Is Projected to Be 33 Percent Less Than Forecast

Other recent news: Santa Barbara looks at raising parking rates; cruise ships are expected to return this month; judge rules against Randall Road Debris Basin holdout; board of supervisors voted to nix ExxonMobil's trucking plan; Cottage Hospital's emergency room is getting renovated; possible name change for the Music Academy of the West; fires banned in the Santa Barbara front country; the Rite Aid on State Street has closed; Republican candidate for state assembly; what life is like for a Montecito real estate agent. 1