April 20, 2023
Tag: Santa Barbara Airport
Trippy Playground Proposed for Dwight Murphy Field
Other recent news: County property tax revenue is up, but cannabis continues to underperform; Platform development inches forward; five more cruise ships this season; the Spirit of Fiesta is a guy for the first time; more info on the Los Carneros roundabout apartment complex; an effort to preserve old airplane hangars. 3
March 19, 2023
The County’s Cannabis Situation Continues to Stink in New Ways
Other recent news: Santa Barbara Airport is working on a terminal expansion and more parking; Solvang lost $538,000 to phishing; Butterfly Beach water closure due to sewage spill; the recent buyer of Oprah Winfrey's Hedgerow property; the Grace Fisher Foundation Inclusive Arts Clubhouse has opened; new pickleball shop. 7
January 14, 2023
December 16, 2022
December 13, 2022
The ShineUP Shop in the Funk Zone Is Closing
Plus: Cannabis shop opened in Isla Vista; new yoga studio and wellness collective; useless parking signs at Santa Barbara Airport; the area around Shoreline Park's torii gate is getting renovated; signal modifications at Highway 154 and State Street; Cliff Drive pedestrian improvements; rainbow curb cuts. 3
September 9, 2022
September 4, 2022
Tomorrow Is the West Wind Drive-In Theater’s Last Day
Plus: Chapel for sale; interior shots of the wild underground house on Pepper Hill and Jeff Shelton's round stone tower; the reopening of the Butterfly Lane pedestrian undercrossing got pushed back; Kevin Costner at the airport; the Pad climbing gym kiboshed its State Street plans; a visit to new refillable shop Sunkissed Pantry. 1
September 2, 2022
Santa Barbara Airport Continues to Receive Noise Complaints
Other recent news: The new chief of the Santa Barbara Police Department; the Hotel Virginia on W. Haley Street got renovated; Santa Barbara County votes to sue UCSB over housing shortfall; new traffic signal on Chapala; Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant will keep running till at least 2030; who's on the ballot this November; Play It Again Sports has moved; Fashion Eyes store closing after 34 years. 1
August 17, 2022
June 24, 2022
Burning Questions
- 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?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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