January 7, 2025
Tag: Santa Barbara Historical Museum
July 29, 2024
July 17, 2024
A Slew of Improvements to Haley Street
Plus: Concerts by Lucinda Williams, Kacey Musgraves, and Los Lobos; Maui shop has opened on State Street; a chance to learn curling; updates on the Cold Springs trail and W. Mountain Drive slip-out repair; Fiesta exhibit at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum; the construction project by the Patterson Avenue off-ramp; who bought the former St. Anthony's Seminary? 5
May 5, 2024
November 5, 2023
Lookout Park Has Expanded
Plus: Hotel deals for locals and their guests; Light + Home's downtown pop-up; left-turn lane in the works for State and Mission; Google paid $16.8 million for Goleta land; another hotel changed hands; Ojai house tour; flamenco in a historic adobe; talk by the James Webb Space Telescope's lead project scientist. 1
July 17, 2023
Montecito Natural Health Has Opened in the Upper Village
Plus: Old Spanish Days photo exhibit (and the Santa Barbara Historical Museum seeks your Fiesta photos); a suggestion for city parking lots; Lotus Cabinetry confirmed its showroom plans; Jeff Shelton forever; update on the Rancho San Marcos golf course; new show at My Pet Ram. 9
May 24, 2023
March 14, 2023
March 8, 2023
February 20, 2023
Burning Questions
- Why Is Part of This West Beach Mosaic Covered in Concrete?
- What Was the Weeping Willow Inn?
- Why Are There Story Poles at Calle Real Center?
- When Will the Last Segment of Highway 101 Get Upgraded?
- Why Are There “No Grading” Signs on the Edison Catway?
- Why Are There Pedestrian Gates at Train Tracks?
- Is This Summerland’s Original Train Station?
Recent Comments
Rips up historical installations BUT adds butterfly rafts to the beach… personally, I’d never seen or even knew about the sculpture being from sb and… — JB
Totally! How dare he... *checks notes* ... remove art he owns from his own private property. What a shame that people can to do what… — JeffersonA
Ty’s monumental destruction continues. What a shame — J
Oh no! I was planning to go peek at those sculptures and hoped to someday gain access, what a loss. — Shana
Great news about the Stone Pines! — AF
As a born and raised local, I can tell you why cars are allowed on sterns warf. Without that access, the business at the end… — Katherine
OF COURSE the regulations against price gouging apply to Santa Barbara! They are state-wide regulations; people have to leave LA to find homes. There is… — DJ
Now, that IS illegal; even if the person agrees to pay more, it's unlawful. I'm so so sorry for the loss of your home. There… — SEL
This is sadly not unique to SB. Everyone with a property to rent is seeing $$. We have seen “bidding wars” on properties during this… — Christine
I do know a bit about the Harding bridge. We moved to Mountain Avenue in 1976 when I was 12 years old. Mission Creek naturally… — Meredith Brace