August 14, 2024
Tag: Tina Schlieske
Progress at San Ysidro Ranch’s Botanical Garden
Plus: The network of paths in lower Franceschi Park; checking in on two architecturally noteworthy houses on E. Mountain Drive; Tina Schlieske Quintet to play the Lobero Theatre; Covet/Cherval Studio shop has closed; potential development across from the Public Market; Drift hotel now has an event space next door. 14
July 10, 2023
The Montecito Association Has Big Shoes to Fill
Other recent news: Lemondrop shop for tweens is going online-only; inside a colorful 1926 Montecito house; Ty Warner as comedy; 996 rental units proposed for S. San Marcos Road; profiles of artists Kellen Meyer and Sarah Klapp; "Museum of Nothing" exhibit at UCSB; pickleball drama at the Earl Warren Showgrounds; the recent buyers of a 1929 Hedgerow house; carrot industry putting the screws to the Cuyama Valley. 1
Burning Questions
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
- What Are Those Old Pilings in Arroyo Burro Creek?
- What’s This Building Under Construction in Toro Canyon?
- What’s the Story Behind the Seal of the City of Santa Barbara?
- Four Questions From the Mailbag
- What’s This Pole With a Flashing Blue Light?
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