February 25, 2026
Tag: Santa Barbara Bowl
La Ligne Is Opening at the Montecito Country Mart
Plus: The return of Habitat for Humanity's ReStore; four more Santa Barbara Bowl shows; Best Western Plus Pepper Tree Inn appears to be getting reflagged; answers to the "Where in Santa Barbara…?" roundup of restaurant restrooms; two new exhibits at Sullivan Goss; opening date for Highway 217/Hollister Avenue roundabouts. 4
February 10, 2026
February 2, 2026
An Update on the Ornate Mission Inn
Plus: Free People has opened near the bird refuge; hotel conversion on E. Haley Street; UCSB bought two more downtown buildings; Cottage Hospital is looking to expand again; the perils of Tangerine Falls; Trevor Noah returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl; thanks for the tip? 10
January 27, 2026
Thieves Are Said to Be Hiding Surveillance Equipment Outside Houses
Plus: Salon Providence has soft-opened at The Post; Scenery Florals leased a space in the Funk Zone; Lord Huron to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; intermittent closures on Highway 154; downtown salon closing; Palma Colectiva's new events studio; "mythical landscapes and fanciful botanicals" at Sullivan Goss. 13
January 20, 2026
Stylish Apartment Building Proposed for Los Patos Way
Plus: The Santa Claus Lane bike path; might Montecito ban gas-powered leaf blowers?; update on the row of eucalyptus trees on East Valley Road; another Santa Barbara Bowl show announced; parts of Goleta Beach County Park to close for storm-related repairs; Vandenberg Space Force Base's self-mythologizing; group show at Marcia Burtt Gallery; taking San Ysidro Trail all the way to the top. 10
January 14, 2026
A Better Look at the Health Resort Proposed in the Foothills
Plus: Hotel Milo got renovated and a name tweak; Arroyo Hondo Preserve closed for months due to storm damage; new bank branch downtown; the quest for quality magazines; James Taylor concert; Rodeo Riviera opened in the Funk Zone; Heal the Ocean talk at La Casa de Maria; San Ysidro Ranch added a paved parking lot. 10
January 13, 2026
December 9, 2025
November 16, 2025
Two More New Fitness Studios
Plus: Veronica Beard is open on Coast Village Road; firsthand report from a friend whose house was burgled; the inaugural Santa Barbara Literary Festival will be this spring; the Los Patos Bridge interpretive display; Train and Barenaked Ladies to play the Santa Barbara Bowl. 5
November 10, 2025
A Better Look at the Plans to Redevelop the Sears Part of La Cumbre Plaza
Plus: Bucatini pop-up at The Post; Santa Barbara Rock Gym to close; University of California bought another building downtown; more improvements at Plaza del Mar park; Yellow Pages update; Jack Johnson to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; new Rubenstein Chan show. 7
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