Tag: Santa Barbara Airport

September 19, 2020

Eight-Acre Cannabis Farm Proposed for Carpinteria

Plus: First glimpse of the stone-tower house being built on East Valley Road; Santa Barbara Airport expansion; construction has started on the Las Positas/Modoc bike and pedestrian path; new date for John Legend's Santa Barbara Bowl show.

July 8, 2020

County Says No to Private Helistop

Other recent news: Direct flights to Sonoma County for two months; Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History reopens to the public; C Magazine's Summerland pop-up; Goleta abandons sales tax increase; how decommissioning oil platforms might affect fishing; new leopard at the zoo.

June 7, 2020

California Will Allow More Businesses to Reopen Next Week

Other recent news: Santa Barbara police join protesters in a march and rally; massive paddle out to honor George Floyd; Delta is suspending service from Santa Barbara Airport; nail salons are getting the short end of the stick.

May 14, 2020

A Stretching Studio Is Opening on Coast Village Road

Plus: Santa Barbara Airport now requires everyone to wear face masks; slacklining in Los Padres National Forest; new book of Hank Pitcher's paintings; Salty Brothers Soap Co. sets up shop on State Street.

April 14, 2020

Local Wineries Donate 500 Cases of Wine to Hospital Workers

Other local news: The number of Covid-19 hospitalizations appears to be flattening out; portable toilets for the homeless installed downtown; Alaska Airlines combining Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo on its Seattle flight; Isla Vista library innovations; tree of the month.

January 22, 2020

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Bought Another House

Two houses and a condo, actually. Other recent news: Uber is letting drivers at Santa Barbara Airport set their own fares; indoor-cycling studio at the La Cumbre mall; Southern California Edison accused of dumping debris into Mission Creek; Eastside Library reopens.

December 11, 2019

George Lucas Has Now Spent $47 Million on Padaro Lane

Other recent news: Santa Barbara Airport finally got a Gate 3; photos of the Cave Fire burn area; downtown apartment buildings can now be three feet taller; another lawsuit over the city's vacation-rental ban; revised plans for Montecito Street hotel.

October 26, 2019

New Nonstop Flights Between Santa Barbara and Chicago

Other recent news: Montecito rate hike if it buys water from Santa Barbara; local teen runs a popular news aggregator; seagulls spoiling Channel Islands with "processed food and puked-up trash"; Latino organization La Casa de la Raza is struggling.

September 4, 2019

The Latest on the Tragic Dive Boat Fire

In other recent news: Malibu hiker died of heat exhaustion; Santa Barbara bus station to get remodeled; Q&A with an Oat Bakery co-owner; changes at Santa Barbara Airport's general aviation; street address reminder.