News Roundup

May 28, 2021

Only $1.6 Million More Needed to Save the San Marcos Foothills

Other recent news: Construction on the 101's Montecito segment to start in fall of 2022; Bellosguardo Foundation starts talking about tours; Hotel Santa Barbara is on the market; earthquake six miles off the coast; county likely to reach yellow tier right before the tier system is abolished; the Crafter's Library opens Saturday; buyers of two big-ticket properties revealed; anti-cannabis lawsuit tossed out of court; skeletal remains discovered in Montecito; local fashion designer Kate McHale Jensen opened a shop here; peeved at sloppy parking.

May 24, 2021

United Airlines Is Launching Daily Service to Chicago

Other recent news: Remembering former mayor Hal Conklin; SBPD's embattled public information officer won't be returning next year; a new low-cost airline is using Burbank as a hub; MarBorg's expansion moves forward.

May 21, 2021

Forward Progress of TV Hill Fire Has Been Stopped

Other recent news: Santa Barbara County to ignore CDC and follow state guidance on masks; yellow tier still out of reach; expanded in-person summer classes at UC Santa Barbara; effort to discourage homeless on Milpas Street; Foodbank food-and-cookware drive this Saturday.

May 18, 2021

Santa Barbara’s July 4 Fireworks Show Appears to Be Back

Other recent news: Acme Hospitality has opened two hotels in Gold Country; Carpinteria extends ordinance that allows businesses to operate in the street; the quest to buy a Summerland farm; inadequate funding for cannabis enforcement.

May 14, 2021

The Trapeze School Is Moving Downtown

Other recent news: People who won't return a lost dog to its owners; Santa Barbara Police Department investigation finds no wrongdoing; the Richard Neutra house that caught on fire was destroyed; more Cold Spring School absurdity; Highway 101 wildlife passage delay; could Oxnard and Camarillo airports start allowing commercial flights?; Community Choice Energy approved by the Santa Barbara City Council; California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles will return this summer; Reseda's semi-secret Cactus Ranch. 1

May 10, 2021

Santa Barbara County Is Unlikely to Enter the Yellow Tier This Week

Other recent news: Richard Neutra house on the Riviera damaged by fire; CVS and Walmart pharmacies are offering walk-in Covid-19 vaccinations; San Ysidro Ranch now has a dedicated spa building; Santa Barbara's train station doesn't meet ADA standards.

May 6, 2021

More Than 40 Percent of County Adults Are Fully Vaccinated

Other recent news: Santa Barbara loses fight over regulating short-term vacation rentals; more on the state bills that would allow rampant construction of housing; dogs sickened by county mulch; cannabis farm in wine country agrees to odor controls; Meagan Harmon appointed to California Coastal Commission; city grocery workers to receive "hazard pay." 3

May 2, 2021

Walk-In Covid-19 Vaccinations Are Now Available Around the County

Other recent news: The Santa Barbara Fair & Expo is back on; cormorant nests disturbed by property owner having trees cut down; Mujeres Makers Market is today; local census data is delayed till the fall; a new hair salon has opened on E. Canon Perdido.

April 27, 2021

The Latest on the Effort to Buy San Marcos Foothills Land

Other recent news: California on the verge of allowing cyclists to roll through stop signs; closed block of W. Victoria to be reopened to eastbound traffic; gas station in the works for former Goleta café space; Santa Barbara's electric shuttles may not restart service; White Buffalo Land Trust buys Jalama Canyon Ranch with plans for regenerative agriculture.

April 22, 2021

The Summer Solstice Festival Isn’t Happening This Year

Other recent news: Rumors that the Biltmore is being turned Moroccan and/or into condos; work to start soon on the Arroyo Burro Open Space and the Randall Road Debris Basin; transgender man fatally shot by Lompoc police in suspicious circumstances; Santa Barbara City Council to consider "hero pay" for grocery workers.