Tag: The Well

November 12, 2024

A Private “Beach Club” Is Setting Up on East Beach

Plus: Northbound San Ysidro Road off-ramp to reopen this week; another new boutique on State Street; questions about a Fernald Point renovation; Santa Ynez General popping up in Summerland; hair salon coming to The Post; the former Rite Aid building on State Street is for lease again. 8

May 5, 2024

The Well Is Opening an Outpost in Montecito

Plus: The Castle in the Sky is available for rent; a visit to the new Venture Apparel Co. store on lower State Street; two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows were announced; a Bowlus RV showroom has opened downtown; Summer Solstice Celebration exhibit at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum; hiking up to the Hollywood sign.

March 11, 2024

CycleBar Indoor Cycling Studio Opens This Week

Plus: A recommendation for TropiCali Beauty Boutique; Daryl Hall and Elvis Costello at the Bowl; the French Wave Film Festival; The Well is having a sale; workshop on potential sites to be rezoned for housing; the guidebook to L.A.'s "Secret Stairs."

December 2, 2023

2023 Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 1

This holiday season—and year-round, really—make an effort to support Santa Barbara's wonderful independent shops. I’ve done some advance work, but get out there and have a look for yourself! 2

December 16, 2022

Highway 101 Construction in Montecito Could Start This Summer

Other recent news: Goleta residents bedeviled by airport noise; a look inside Bellosguardo; State Street building to be converted to "workforce housing"; the difficulty of turning Paseo Nuevo residential; new pop-up shop at the Well; Carpinteria makes parklets permanent and bans "formula businesses" downtown; horseback riders win Live Oak Trail court battle; Inclusive Arts Clubhouse coming to La Cumbre Plaza; Clic sibling shop in Ojai.

August 19, 2021

Your Recall Ballot Should Arrive Soon (So Please Vote)

Plus: The new apartment building under construction at Santa Barbara and De La Guerra has come a long way; the Well is opening another location nearby; Rebecca Bjork named interim city administrator; film festival passes and ticket packages are 25 percent off; mailbox robbery and replacement. 2

August 11, 2021

Vacation Rentals at the Well in Summerland

Plus: Big estate sale starts this weekend in Solvang; parabola sound effect at Santa Barbara Airport; a show of pressed seaweed art; Santa Barbara Clean Energy options.

January 27, 2021

First Look at the Montecito Water Tank House

Plus: A new online store selling local handmade goods; The Well's third house has opened; the layout of the Mattei's Tavern resort; Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Outstanding Performer of the Year award; development likely for a corner lot downtown.

November 27, 2020

Sheriff’s Office Warns About Sex Crimes on Hiking Trails

Other recent news: The buyers of houses by Barton Myers and George Washington Smith; Nesbitt mansion yanked from the auction block; progress for the Randall Road Debris Basin; new retail planned for Summerland; congressional candidate Andy Caldwell thinks he actually won. 1

August 3, 2020

Fosters Freeze Will Be Turned Into a Much More Ambitious Restaurant

More food news: The Well in Summerland might end up with a café; a peek inside Little Dom's Seafood; Aperitivo opening update; checking in on Peasants Feast in Solvang; Villa Wine Bar now has sushi night; a tantalizing ice cream flavor for summer; the Harbor & Seafood Festival has been canceled. 2