Tag: Santa Barbara Foundation

June 20, 2021

Folly Is Moving to Downtown Santa Barbara

Plus: Hidden path leading to Mission Rose Garden; nominations wanted for the People of the Year awards; how a proposed new house will affect the Old Pueblo Trail; cigar boxes for sale; great blue herons nesting in Carpinteria. 1

February 8, 2021

An Intriguing New Addition to State Street

More food news: $10,000 grants for small independent restaurants; meadery opening downtown; a steakhouse is opening in Solvang; Coastal Coffee Collective takes on instant coffee.

September 30, 2020

Forest Closure Extended Yet Again

Plus: New York City home store opening in Montecito; Governor Newsom signed the bill banning many rat poisons; 30 new electric-vehicle charging stations at a downtown garage; grants for small businesses coping with Covid-19; royals deny reality show report.

May 6, 2020

The County Seeks Volunteers for Covid-19 Response Team

Plus: "For lease" sign at Treat skincare in Arlington Plaza; cleaner trailheads thanks to Montecito Trails Foundation and MarBorg; changes proposed to the city's Historic Resources Ordinance; grants to arts non-profits; SBIFF interview with the writer-director of "The Half of It."

April 30, 2020

Governor Newsom Backed Down on Threat to Close Our Beaches

Other local news: Apartment complex proposed for lower State Street; hospitals to resume elective procedures and surgeries; interview with police chief Lori Luhnow; the war between winemakers and cannabis farmers; more on Carp's great white sharks; county seeks grand jury volunteers; Santa Barbara Foundation's new CEO; Music Academy of West's pandemic plan B.

November 27, 2019

Evacuation Warning for a Huge Swath of Santa Barbara and Goleta

More recent news: Christmas drone show coming to Solvang; library now lending musical instruments; Santa Barbara Foundation head Ron Gallo is stepping down; how two Montecito streets got their names.