The Santa Barbara area has many news sources that do various things well, but none was exactly what I wanted—just the important news, along with a healthy dose of upscale lifestyle coverage (restaurants, real estate, travel, and so on). So I created Siteline.
Having grown up in Orange County and moved to New York City after college, I never thought I’d return to California. But when my husband, Adam, and I visited Santa Barbara a few years ago, I realized that the area is everything I love about the state, without all the stuff I don’t. At the start of 2019, I sold my hyperlocal website, Tribeca Citizen, and we moved here. (Before Tribeca Citizen, I was a magazine editor: Budget Travel, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, Town & Country.)
There’s no zealot like the recently converted, as the saying goes, and for a while, I’ll undoubtedly have more enthusiasm than expertise. I will get excited about things that you’ve known about for years, and I will make mistakes. Feel free to correct or contradict me; we know more collectively than any of us can on our own. If you have a vested interest in whatever you’re commenting about, however, I insist that you make the connection public.
And editorial and advertising will always be entirely separate.
Please reach out with any questions, concerns, tips, or even compliments. The best way to follow Siteline is by subscribing to the email newsletter. And if you know someone who might be interested in this site, please pass it along.
Erik Torkells
Founder
917-209-6473
sitelineSB@gmail.com
Recent Comments
i see that big red stiletto literally every saturday going and coming from moore park CA visiting my father who is at a rehabilitation center… — Brittany Martin
All I'm suggesting is that the sign say "no outlet for cars" or something like that. — Erik Torkells
Important to leave "no outlet" sign! That dead-end road leads to Butterfly Walkway where motorized ebikers and speeding racing bikes already threaten walkers, joggers and… — Thomas Sanchez
11 W Ortega St — Karl
Leave the sign "no outlet" as it is. Bikers and walkers will certainly figure it out . No need to promote more traffic in this… — Michael Smith
Nope, but thanks for guessing! — Erik Torkells
The revamped concert shell - corner Castillo/Cabrillo — Megan
I read that the developers are putting an apartment building right behind Tri-County Produce. How cool would it be to have a grocery store in… — Keith
The encircling “estate” wrought iron fence matches the current backyard fence that was there when I purchased property? Please tell me Peter, where is the… — Julie R
I previewed the home before it went on the market, and I actually loved the fence. I don’t know what was there before, but I… — Todd