October 7, 2022
Tag: QAD
Another Santa Claus Lane Shop Is Closing
Plus: Progress comes to the Music Academy of the West; the county is mulling bike and pedestrian improvements near Montecito beaches; opening date set for Santa Barbara Hives's shop in San Roque; holiday revue at the Lobero; a question about the former QAD campus; antique owl prints at the Museum of Natural History. 4
July 1, 2022
May 18, 2022
June 29, 2021
Santa Barbara May Put the Homeless Up in a Motel for Four Months
Other recent news: QAD is being bought for $2 billion; the county is releasing cannabis applications and scoresheets; inside architect Robin Donaldson's 12,000-square-foot live-work compound; leather goods company Parker Clay is growing; So De Mel swimsuit showroom is closing; progress toward decommissioning two oil wells off Goleta. 3
June 2, 2020
June 1, 2020
Burning Questions
- When Will the Last Segment of Highway 101 Get Upgraded?
- Why Are There “No Grading” Signs on the Edison Catway?
- Why Are There Pedestrian Gates at Train Tracks?
- Is This Summerland’s Original Train Station?
- What Does the “S” on Certain Chimneys Stand For?
- What’s the Status of the Decommissioning of Rincon Island?
- What Happened to the Gas Flame on Highway 101?
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