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.
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Erik Torkells
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Recent Comments
I'm sure people complained just the same about trains, cars, and planes when they became commonplace as well. Ultimately, there have been rocket launches from… — CB
The link provided by Meredith is referring to County Court offices, not city of SB. I don't know where I read this but the article… — Dan O.
Last I checked the intent of Siteline is to be a clever perspective on all things Santa Barbara...from news to noshes and in between. As… — JP
Why do I get the feeling that if Musk stayed a Democrat we'd see articles here about the benefits of what he's putting into space… — Jefferson A.
Thanks for pointing that out—I added a note to the post. — Erik Torkells
Yeah "Nice work if you can get it"? This website just recycles other websites reporting, not exactly groundbreaking work being done here. — Jimmy Jam
The county office closure is a furlough, so all the employees being affected are given a forced leave without pay during the holidays, not exactly… — Meredith
Love your “noisy SpaceX run by Trump ally” needs to “curtail its nuisance associated launches” followed by brief about trains- remember when people used to… — Christine!
Kim, I couldn’t agree with you more! While perusing the menu RH Firehouse restaurant, they’ve actually named a salad the “Mulholland Drive”. What’s next, the… — Peter
As the author, Erik, points out, RH Firehouse Grill surprisingly does not offer any vegetarian or vegan option. We commend and so appreciate the Stone… — Betsy