Tag: Santa Barbara Bowl

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

March 10, 2022

The World’s Biggest Bounce House Is Coming to Town

Plus: Farmer & the Flea is moving to Santa Barbara; the Summer Solstice Celebration announced its 2022 theme; upcoming concerts by Maren Morris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard; a heck of a price hike on Sand Point Road.

March 2, 2022

30-Room Automated Hotel in the Works for Garden Street

Plus: Update on the State Street undercrossing revamp; three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows, including the Chicks; chic Santa Ynez store popping up in Montecito; ribbon-cutting for the Las Positas-Modoc Road Multiuse Path; where to buy Jeff Shelton's book; what happened to the Four Freedoms murals on Anacapa Street. 4

February 22, 2022

The Santa Barbara Bowl Announced Six More Shows

Including Leon Bridges, Brandi Carlile, and Rod Stewart. Plus: Victor the Florist is on the road to reopening; East Anacapa Island is closed for dock construction; Ken Bortolazzo and Michael Dvortcsak at Sullivan Goss; update on the mural on the former Church of Skatan building; Lord Huron and First Aid Kit in Paso Robles. 2

February 16, 2022

A Slew of Shows Announced for the Santa Barbara Bowl

Including Steve Martin Short, Bonnie Raitt, Fleet Foxes, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, and My Morning Jacket. Plus: Kevin Hart, Ray LaMontagne, and Lila Downs at the Arlington Theatre; Oak Park Dance Floor is closed for restoration; new exhibits at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Marcia Burtt Gallery; ID now required to use the the county's Community Hazardous Waste Collection Center. 4

February 9, 2022

Make Smith Leather Company Has Closed Its Store

Plus: The Hotel Indigo in the Funk Zone has been rebranded; new State Street gallery will showcase 20th-century decorative arts; an update on the Bungalo805 private club for parents and kids; Rebelution to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; a one-way block of Anacapa Street will be changed to two-way; Capisce pop-up this Saturday; answer to last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?" 3