January 5, 2025
Tag: Light + Home
Three Stores Are Closing (or Have Already Closed)
Plus: Is the new Soltara apartment building being converted to workforce housing?; huge building on N. Calle Cesar Chavez sells for $36.5 million; new owner of classic midcentury on Canon Perdido; more on the Garden Street rooftop sculpture; dental hygienist opening an office without a dentist. 3
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November 5, 2023
Lookout Park Has Expanded
Plus: Hotel deals for locals and their guests; Light + Home's downtown pop-up; left-turn lane in the works for State and Mission; Google paid $16.8 million for Goleta land; another hotel changed hands; Ojai house tour; flamenco in a historic adobe; talk by the James Webb Space Telescope's lead project scientist. 1
Burning Questions
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
- What Are Those Old Pilings in Arroyo Burro Creek?
- What’s This Building Under Construction in Toro Canyon?
- What’s the Story Behind the Seal of the City of Santa Barbara?
- Four Questions From the Mailbag
- What’s This Pole With a Flashing Blue Light?
Recent Comments
Apzer, that is totally false on landlords receiving a financial benefit for vacant properties. Please don't spread misinformation. — Jefferson A.
I don't think they're all greedy but there's a financial benefit to claim a loss on a vacant property while holding out for someone to… — apzer
“More vibrant than ever”? We can debate the causes but it is a far cry from the most vibrant it’s ever been… — BW
“Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify the action taken by the City Council and its next steps” The VC Star Article was… — Tristen
From the article, it seems like it's not a done deal, but yes, it would be a terrible loss for Ventura. A good reminder for… — Sean
I mostly agree with you, apzer. You're especially right that reopening State Street to cars won't solve the problems that some businesses face there; but… — Sean
How "old" was the gift certificate? If purchased in the last 12 months- it should be honored.... If it was over a yr old, I… — Christine!
We went for breakfast this week at the El Encanto and they wouldn’t honor our gift certificate per the new ownership. This is disappointing and… — KR
PS I googled frontwards and backwards, no arrest breakdowns from the 361 arrests at Glass House businesses, so we don't know that only 10 were… — Christine!
ICE is pretty good at their investgative job- love the web page subpage about global trade- about investigating and preventing intellectual property rights violations, digital… — Christine!