June 24, 2025
Tag: Rite Aid
Two More Rite Aid Stores Are Closing
Plus: Inside the new 30-room vacation-rental hotel downtown; adjacent Highway 101 on-ramps to be closed for nine months; Queens of the Stone Age concert; Heidi Merrick sample sale; the July 4 celebration at the waterfront; John Waters's Halloween show; the answer to last weekend's "Where in Santa Barbara...?" 5
June 12, 2025
County to Consider Building More Workforce Housing
Other recent news: Reported ICE raid in Santa Maria; Goleta Rite-Aid to close; Santa Barbara now charging a fee for credit and debit payments; Monique Limón to lead the state senate in 2026; year-round Christmas shop to close; three teachers launched a bookmobile; new online map of public art. 5
May 22, 2025
September 13, 2023
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
Burning Questions
- Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
Recent Comments
There was a popular bar at this location for decades. That is until the owner of the building decided they wanted to open their own… — Sam Tababa
I'll miss the welcoming atmosphere and excellent bar bites. We were there just last week and had no idea they were closing. — ElizabethW
This is extremely sad news. What a great establishment. Is there something that can be done to save it? Seems so abrupt. I wish someone… — Pete
Shady Acres had a couple of unique holes on the course that I remember quite well: •The Comma- Shaped like the punctuation mark. Supposedly, if… — Mike Merenbach
Since the profile looks a little like Thomas More Storke, the publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press, wild guess here, but how about somewhere in… — Tal
Pre-Covid the Carp places were just cooking along when the business park was packed. Its a ghost town up there now and you can see… — Doc Sarvis
No, but thanks for guessing. Actually did that one last March: https://www.sitelinesb.com/where-in-santa-barbara-212/ — Erik Torkells
If folks show up to Food Liaison in Carpinteria - - maybe they can stay open. the town has been lining up - - please… — Leslie Westbrook
The Crack Burrito at Food Liaison was a favorite of mine. They have great food. Sad to see them go but also amazed they hung… — Andy
Ellwood restaurant — Michael