October 30, 2023
Plus: Ketamine clinic opening on N. Milpas Street; the return of ZooLights; Los Patos Way roundabout construction update; N. Padaro Lane onramp to open November 9; "Piscinas" at Maune Contemporary. 6
June 26, 2023
Plus: Santa Barbara Tire & Service Center is opening a second location; drawings by James Castle at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Maune Contemporary gallery is relocating; ZZ Top at the Arlington Theatre; the Jerry Douglas Band and the Wallflowers at the Lobero Theatre.
August 17, 2022
Plus: The buyer of the former Rancho San Marcos Golf Course property; Pride Week lineup of events; mysterious radio antenna on De La Vina; Santa Barbara Airport installed a lactation pod; Ted Collier exhibit at Maune Contemporary. 1
June 5, 2022
Plus: Free opera rehearsal outside the courthouse today; another Jeff Shelton house is in the works; Carpinteria's two Motel 6 properties have been sold; a longer explanation for the closure of Fairview Gardens; paintings by Orit Fuchs at Maune Contemporary; amusing sign in Los Alamos.
April 19, 2022
Plus: The latest De La Guerra Plaza makeover plans (and the city is standing firm about no lawn); Home Crush to join the lineup of Summerland home stores; celebrating the Great American Songbook at the Lobero; a new Napa Valley hotel from Auberge Resorts; update on the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project; what's showing at Maune Contemporary and Marcia Burtt Gallery.
January 3, 2022
Plus: Kismet lingerie-and-jewelry boutique is already expanding; Isla boutique in the Hotel Californian has closed; Maune Contemporary art gallery opens this week; more on a prominent Channel Drive property; book recommendation for people who love Santa Barbara history.
November 9, 2021
Plus: Kismet lingerie-and-jewelry boutique has soft-opened in Montecito; 1930s highway bridge once again visible in Cachuma Lake; the CALM Antique and Vintage Show & Sale is coming up; an aerial shot of the Pepper Hill mound mansion; the latest in outdoor end tables.
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Good! — Roger
Chinese Lantern Tree is so invasive and messy, its a bad street tree. Certainly be a beautiful tree in the landscaping, but it has its… — TINA
My parents cut down their Chinese Lantern tree over 30 years ago, and I still marvel at all the shoots the old root system still… — Heidi
Well- why not give the Chumash the Channel and let them operate Sable? Bring out the money making machines! I’m positive they would find a… — Christine!
Right, I was excited about that. — Vic
The grocery store "compostable" bags are awful and take a very long time to actually degrade. Suggestions: 1. Take your own bags to the Farmer's… — Pat
No and no.... — Erik Torkells
FOLLY is one of the most adorable shops in Santa Barbara and the owner Alyssa is darling! A fantastic place for gifts! — C
La Arcadia or the Parking Lot behind the parking lot — ELo
Folly is SO gorgeous! Alyssa is SUCH a good buyer and represents so many LOCAL artists as well as artists from Mexico, Italy, France, Peru,… — Poppy