Odds & Ends

July 18, 2022

The Best Look Yet Inside Bellosguardo

Plus: Kule pop-up coming to the Montecito Country Mart; the closed part of Bella Vista Drive has finally reopened; an official answer about the left turn on red at Anacapa and Haley; more on the Chumash plan for a 31,000-square-foot office building in Santa Ynez; a fantastic 1920 postcard of Summerland. 13

July 13, 2022

Bossie the Cow Is Getting Rebuilt and Moved

Plus: The Randall Road Debris Basin is just about done; the Chumash are working on a 31,000-square-foot commercial building in Santa Ynez; 2023 dates of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; the city's ugly new solar arrays; this year's French Festival has been canceled; what not to do with used corks. 5

July 10, 2022

Is a Hip Little Hotel in Montecito’s Future?

Plus: An East Beach motel changed hands; petition to save 63 trees along Modoc Road; bronze statue honoring divers to be installed at the harbor; "Official Competition" extended at the Riviera; a chance to see MOXI without kids; last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?" answer. 13

July 6, 2022

A New Jewelry Boutique on State Street

Plus: Rêver Atelier has moved; Rad Power Bikes's showroom will be in the Funk Zone; Q&A with "Bull Durham" creator Ron Shelton at Chaucer's Books; Santa Ynez General pop-up in Montecito; $4.5 million price cut for 32-acre oceanfront property; new book of D.J. Javier's tray artworks; amusing Montecito Union School misspelling. 5

June 30, 2022

Downtown Parking Rates Increase Starting Tomorrow

Plus: $10 million price cut for the Montecito Tea Gardens; "for lease" signs are back up at the 805 Hazy & Deli and Victor the Florist spaces; another big wall is under construction along the Highway 101 corridor; Tom Jones and Wallows to play the Arlington; a local company bought the Waterman hotel; reopening of the Oak Park dance floor.

June 27, 2022

The Schedule of July 4 Events at the Waterfront

Plus: Montecito's drab new sound wall; photos of the Butterfly Lane pedestrian undercrossing; Rad Power Bikes is opening a showroom here; Leslie Lewis Sigler's dazzling paintings of silverware; sculptural nails at Domecíl. 8

June 20, 2022

Construction on Three New Roundabouts Should Start in Coming Months

Plus: Activity at the former Victor the Florist storefront; Suzanne Vega to play the Lobero; "Sea and Summit" at Marcia Burtt Gallery; new renderings of the Santa Barbara Police Department headquarters, 250-room Funk Zone hotel, affordable housing on N. La Cumbre, and Birnam Wood's pool and gym; E-Bikery is moving from State Street.

June 15, 2022

A Better Look at Santa Barbara’s Next Beachfront Resort

Plus: Invoca appears to be leaving State Street; True Love Always opens this week; Studio B Salon is expanding and rebranding; an opportunity to explore Jeff Shelton's El Andaluz building; a deal on day passes at the Santa Barbara Athletic Club. 1

June 12, 2022

Jenni Kayne Is Opening a Second Shop in Montecito

Plus: More retail changes coming to the Upper Village; the full-block Funk Zone development is up for discussion again; UCSB Arts & Lectures announced its 2022-2023 season; a shop called the Gypsys is opening in Santa Barbara. 3

June 9, 2022

New Look for 63-Unit Apartment Complex on Carrillo

Plus: Amusing local stuff on Craigslist; the Blasters are coming to town; the Montecito Fire Department's July 4 pancake breakfast is back; Michael E. Long solo show; midcentury abstract art at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; keep your eyes on the prices at Bristol Farms. 2