A Look Inside Ancora Osteria, Opening This Week in the Upper Village
More food news: More on Milio's Pizza, also debuting this week; Local's new menu; afternoon tea in the gardens of the Simpson House Inn; Milpas Street soul food opening soon; update on upstairs at the Maritime Museum building; checking out Sweetaly Gelato; Greek Festival in Chase Palm Park. 2
More on the Nordstrom Residential Conversion
Other recent news: Gun shop's new location causes concern; new "rage room" on State Street; massive solar arrays could be allowed soon; inside a handsome house at Mussel Shoals; Carpinteria’s Franklin Creek Trail closed for improvements; grim prognosis for Santa Rosa Island's Torrey pines. 6
Can Anything Be Done About Biting Midges?
"Whenever I'm on my lawn, I get bitten by something so small I don't see it. The bites swell up into welts that itch for a week. I've found reports of midges in other parts of California, but not so much here, except for a post on Reddit. Do you know what they are?" 5
New Menswear Store Coming to the Funk Zone
Plus: The next tenant of the green building in the Funk Zone; new boutique and one on the way at the Montecito Country Mart; part of De La Vina Street may be reduced to one lane; 19-unit apartment building proposed for E. Victoria Street; Casa Dorinda intends to expand; real estate brokerage proposes hotel where its office currently stands; Padaro Lane property heading to auction. 7
Recent Comments
Yikes - that’s a pretty callous take on the gun store location concerns. I think it’s pretty valid to be upset about a gun store… — Courtney
Relevant chunk from CNN article: Some trees died immediately, the assessments found, but the long-term outlook is even more bleak: 60% to 80% of the… — jl
I've heard these insects identified as no-see-ums (not the scientific name lol). I've been plagued by their bites in the past, symptoms developing following a… — Victoria
Interesting. I’d never heard of these before. I would like to point out though, that another possibility is chiggers. We do have them here in… — Lauren
I think it is a reasonable expectation that businesses requiring patrons to be legal adults in order to purchase what they sell - liquor, guns,… — Rosie
Another $250 a couple dinner with s single glass of wine each and eating the middle and $350 for the nice entrees and wine. Don't… — James melillo
"ask about our vegan ... off-menu options". They can't devote menu space to them? Thank you for caring about vegans. /s — Ken