October 19, 2025
Tag: Santa Barbara Museum of Art
August 28, 2025
A Record Number of Students at UCSB
Other recent news: Staircase marketing at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; city might buy Cacique Street homeless center; Tecolote Bookshop celebrates its 100th anniversary; ship simulator at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum; Metrolink service from Ventura County delayed; possible alien invasion. 13
April 24, 2025
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Is Going to Sell McCormick House
Other recent news: Renoviction ordinance adopted; 2028 LA Olympics won't be around here; the case of the big red shoe; judge resigns amid misconduct allegations; online map for lost pets; Lake Cachuma may allow swimming; UCSB to build more housing; cars keep running into a Westside duplex; large self-storage facility proposed in Goleta; possible redevelopment of the Pea Soup Andersen’s building. 11
December 11, 2024
December 7, 2024
A Slew of Speed-Limit Reductions Around the County
Plus: The Santa Barbara Museum of Art's gift shop is getting downsized and moved; Fern + Flair boutique has opened on upper De La Vina; two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows announced; new look for the 39-unit mixed-use development proposed for De La Vina and Mission; Lighthouse Skate Shop and Vuori are now in their new locations; moviegoing etiquette. 5
August 4, 2024
July 9, 2024
What Can Be Done About Reckless E-Bike Riders?
Plus: Checking out Favorites, the new vintage shop on State Street; one lane of Highway 154 has reopened; Robert Rauschenberg exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; De La Guerra merchants' open house; Cold Spring Creek bridge replacement; Conejo Hardwoods to open a showroom here; cigar shop closed; the county's request for more information about the Miramar's proposed expansion. 28
May 14, 2024
The Current State of the Four Seasons Biltmore
Plus: A GoFundMe has been set up for the Riviera family affected by a landslide; the car wash on N. Milpas Street has reopened; the Harbor Nautical Swap Meet is this Saturday; downtown landmark marred with signage; learn more about the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Montecito; Broadway in Santa Barbara announced its 2024-2025 season. 3
February 1, 2024
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Canceled an Exhibit Because It Wasn’t Diverse Enough
Other recent news: Voting underway for a downtown Community Benefit Improvement District; recapping the meeting about the Carpinteria Bluffs hotel project; the Coral Casino reopened; water damage has temporarily shuttered the Granada Theatre; the X Games are returning to Ventura; Modoc Road multi-use trail update; the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinic’s new Westside clinic was allowed to be a bit taller. 29
December 5, 2023
Burning Questions
- How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
- Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
- Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
Recent Comments
They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A
Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR
The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR
Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK
It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells
The state is going to force housing on communities that don't plan for it. Carpinteria can either shape what gets built here or wait for… — BrR