October 21, 2025
Tag: The Rack
Inside the New Family-Friendly Pool Hall on Chapala Street
Plus: Three local celebs in conversation at the Lobero; The Well will close an outpost as part of a consolidation; the DJ Javier show at the Museum of Contemporary Art; State Street building proposed for demolition; Santa Ynez General's apparel is now all in Los Olivos; the horseshoes embedded in Arlington Plaza's parking lot. 2
September 17, 2025
A New Family-Friendly Pool Hall Is Opening Downtown
Plus: Changes at the Montecito Country Mart; another long Highway 101 off-ramp closure; Anna Janelle Jewelry is moving to State Street; Pacific Premier Bank got bought; work is underway on the downtown charging station; new jiu-jitsu and self-defense studio; Paul McCartney to play the Santa Barbara Bowl. 7
Burning Questions
- 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?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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