Tag: Santa Barbara Bowl

December 2, 2022

The “Victor the Florist” Signage Has Been Removed

Plus: Olive Mill ramp closures have been pushed back; an explanation for the activity at Rancho San Carlos; State Street survey; The Great Junk Hunt flea market is on in Ventura; Brett Young to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; Marshall Brown collages at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. 4

November 23, 2022

Mysterious Activity at One of Montecito’s Biggest Properties

Plus: Santa Barbara Bowl Christmas tree lot isn't happening this year; Hermosillo Road finally gets advance Highway 101 signage; the Music Academy of the West shortened its name; new clothing store coming to State Street; Inn at Mattei's Tavern will open in February; updated rendering of Santa Barbara High School’s forthcoming VADA building; golf store changes hands (and brings in pickleball equipment). 3

November 15, 2022

Update on the Marge Dunlap Fountain at Las Aves

Plus: The Santa Barbara Antique Show is this week; Trevor Noah and Tyler Childers at the Bowl; decorator warehouse sale; solar-powered e-bike tours; a better look at the 36-unit apartment complex proposed for lower Garden Street; Ruth Ellen Hoag show at Thomas Reynolds Gallery. 2

July 21, 2022

The State Street Axe Club Is Opening Soon

Plus: Jenni Kayne Home's Montecito shop is open; an intriguing new business called Palma; Santa Barbara's luxury car scene takes a hit; Nine Inch Nails and Trey Anastasio Band to play here; dates for the Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Open Studios Tour; any word on the conversion of Montecito's Vons into a Pavilions? 4

May 26, 2022

New 16-Unit Apartment Complex Proposed for State Street

Plus: UCSB is offering tours of its Munger Hall mockup; the Hidden Oaks Golf Club has changed hands; free outdoor movies at the courthouse; Bob Dylan and Oliver Tree at the Santa Barbara Bowl; notable TV Hill house for rent; Hermosillo Road is getting a better bike lane; the Montecito Trails Foundation launches the Hot Springs Stewardship Project; what's up with True Love Always? 6

May 4, 2022

The Big Yellow House Has a New Tenant

Plus: The Beads shop is closing after 38 years; the Santa Barbara Antique Show is coming up; Pacaso's Riviera house sold out; another Jeff Bezos rumor; UCLA Health to open a 21,900-square-foot office downtown; Rüfüs Du Sol and the mariachi festival at the Bowl. 1

April 27, 2022

An Axe-Throwing Club Is Opening on State Street

Plus: The new owner of the Quality Inn; clarity on Pacaso's guest policy; Flume to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; John Cleese at the Granada; "Tick, Tick... Boom!" this weekend; weekly dance parties; zebras for sale. 5

April 14, 2022

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Are Said to Have Bought in the Hedgerow

Plus: The effort to improve Coast Village Road moved to the next step; Cottage Health opened a new urgent-care facility in Santa Barbara; three new concerts announced at the Santa Barbara Bowl; a naughty maid; the answer to last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?"

April 7, 2022

Attempted Remedy for the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge’s Smell

Other recent news: Santa Barbara Bowl allowed to run seven extra shows this season; grocery strike averted; security screening coming to Santa Barbara County administration buildings; a report on the Carpinteria farm resort hearing; Vandenberg Space Force Base is a STARCOM finalist; Sarah McLachlan to play the Arlington. 5

March 20, 2022

A Big Foreclosure in Hope Ranch

Plus: Acme Hospitality's new Palm Springs hotel is taking reservations; homelessness is up 3.4% in Santa Barbara County; Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, and Jackson Browne to play the Bowl; four potential city redistricting maps; "What Is America?" at SBCC's Atkinson Gallery; what's up with the Montecito Journal's sister publications? 3