April 14, 2025
Tag: Santa Barbara Bowl
April 1, 2025
Marisa Mason Is Moving to Montecito
Plus: Spikeball classes; tickets to the Music Academy of the West‘s summer festival; Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; free gardening advice; Colin Campbell Cooper, Leon Dabo, and Lockwood De Forest at Sullivan & Goss; "next-level circus" coming to the Lobero Theatre; a good source for breaking news? 10
March 23, 2025
The West Mesa Dragon Has a New Friend
Plus: Don’t mess with any trail easements that run through your property; Mācher is opening a shop in Santa Ynez; Chris Isaak is coming to Ojai; Dwight Yoakam, the Mavericks, and Caamp to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; Santa Barbara Public Library now offers ice skating passes; Loan Chabanol show at Tamsen Gallery. 1
March 11, 2025
A Massive Vacant Lot in the Funk Zone
Plus: Jeff Bridges and a screening of "The Big Lebowski"; two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows were announced; Pete Buttigieg talk; Valvoline coming to De La Vina Street; Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum appears here to stay; the former Victor the Florist space is available again; rotating cast at Ensemble Theatre Company's new comedy; anyone remember a "family fun center" called Shady Acres? 16
March 3, 2025
The Post Announced Three More Tenants
Plus: The best look yet at the 443-unit complex replacing Sears at La Cumbre Plaza; Cold Spring bridge update; My Morning Jacket to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; new coffee table book about Santa Barbara homes; Goleta movie theater for lease; hair salon leaves Coast Village Road; the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is coming up; reminders of constitutional rights. 7
February 24, 2025
February 12, 2025
Will Eucalyptus Hill Road and Alston Road Get Speed Bumps?
Plus: Private e-foil lessons; big sale at Home Crush ahead of a concept change; three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows; MarBorg is restarting textile recycling; Highway 101 ramp openings and closings; Big Bounce America is returning to Elings Park. 7
January 28, 2025
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January 12, 2025
High-End Rentals Are Going Through the Roof
Plus: The new southbound carpool lane has opened; Coyote Road spec reno cleaned up its facade; a Summerland antiques store has closed; an old sign from the Alameda Saloon; Japanese Breakfast to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; "Stomp" at the Granada Theatre; the Harding school bridge on the Westside. 35
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