April 26, 2026
Tag: Santa Barbara Police Department
Katy Perry’s Foundation Wants to Build a Summer Camp in Goleta
Plus: What's next for the former bank building at the Montecito Country Mart; the Uptown Artists Open Studio Tour is coming up; new subdivision proposed for Los Alamos; Cowboy Junkies return to the Lobero Theatre; update on SBPD's current headquarters; easy fix for a parking lot popular on farmers' market days. 4
October 16, 2025
Paseo Nuevo Redevelopment Hits a Roadblock
Other recent news: Update on the apartment complex behind the Mission; SpaceX launches likely to increase; cannabis taxes continue to disappoint; converting downtown commercial buildings to residential got easier; new Santa Barbara Police Department headquarters delayed; rent stabilization ordinance faulted for lack of transparency; Lower Tunnel Trail reopened. 9
August 10, 2025
New Boutiques in the Funk Zone and on Coast Village Road
Plus: Carpinteria cannabis plant seeks approval to operate 24-7; Planned Parenthood's annual book sale; documentary in the works about the MV Conception fire; update on the San Ysidro Ranch‘s botanical garden; should police departments be identifying suspects? 1
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September 2, 2022
Santa Barbara Airport Continues to Receive Noise Complaints
Other recent news: The new chief of the Santa Barbara Police Department; the Hotel Virginia on W. Haley Street got renovated; Santa Barbara County votes to sue UCSB over housing shortfall; new traffic signal on Chapala; Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant will keep running till at least 2030; who's on the ballot this November; Play It Again Sports has moved; Fashion Eyes store closing after 34 years. 1
August 6, 2022
July 19, 2022
Santa Barbara’s Police Headquarters Could Be Done by Mid-2026
Other recent news: Living Vehicle's new sustainable camper; jury to decide Birnam Wood golf dispute; grand opening of the Carpinteria Community Library; the argument for a better pool complex at Ortega Park; the U.S. Navy will expand weapons testing off the coast; Solvang Festival Theater has reopened; the tree of the month is the dragon tree. 2
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