April 10, 2025
Tag: Cottage Health
The County Might Build Workforce Housing Downtown
Other recent news: Jewelry store to close after 52 years; another DignityMoves project is in the works; prominent developer says he's getting out of Santa Barbara; city survey of historical buildings in San Roque; Trump administration orders more logging in Los Padres National Forest; Cottage Health looking to open a big new building in Buellton. 4
October 3, 2024
Debate Rages Over the 250-Room Garden Street Hotel
Other recent news: Debunked rumor that the Bidens bought in the Santa Ynez Valley; District 1 candidate forum recap; Funk Zone art gallery closed; city councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez's poor attendance; criticism for cannabis stink abatement plan; Goleta library to close for up to two years; Mission Creek restoration; Cottage Health to create employee housing; what's next for Andersen's Pea Soup in Buellton. 3
August 1, 2024
Will a Hotel Ban Fix Santa Barbara’s Housing Problem?
Other recent news: Discussion over county agritourism changes; Santa Ynez Valley radio station now part of KCLU; the heads of Cottage Health and Direct Relief are retiring; Gaviota Coast Conservancy and El Capitan Canyon campground come to an agreement. 11
November 11, 2022
Local Official Participated in the January 6 Mob
Other recent news: No surprises in election results so far; Santa Barbara News-Press dropped its Sunday edition; Santa Barbara's city attorney was terminated; $530 million value assigned to the Ritz-Carlton Bacara; Coast Village Road urgent care opens this week; TV producer Marcy Carsey expanded her Montecito holdings; Ojai Valley Lavender Festival is moving to Santa Barbara; new kids' store in Goleta; developer of a Buellton bowling alley complex is throwing in the towel. 16
April 14, 2022
February 5, 2022
“Highly Curated Lifestyle Boutique” to Open on Coast Village Road
Plus: Advance tickets for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's big Van Gogh show are now on sale; Planet Fitness is opening a 21,000-square-foot gym in Goleta; Lindsey Buckingham to play the Lobero Theatre; another Cottage Health clinic is in the works; a fireplace store is closing; new award for Santa Barbara County poets. 1
October 17, 2021
July 19, 2021
Santa Barbara’s City Administrator Is Stepping Down
Other recent news: Los Angeles County now requires masks indoors; the University of California system will insist students and staff get vaccinated; new recycling plant; the push for more large-scale solar; an increase in stingray stings; more thefts of catalytic converters; monarch butterflies skipping this area. 1
February 16, 2021
December 18, 2020
Burning Questions
- What’s the Story Behind the Seal of the City of Santa Barbara?
- Four Questions From the Mailbag
- What’s This Pole With a Flashing Blue Light?
- What Are These Sculptures on the Riviera?
- What’s the Origin Story of This Fence on Hot Springs Road?
- What’s the Housing Development Under Construction Next to the Polo Fields?
- Why Is Part of This West Beach Mosaic Covered in Concrete?
Recent Comments
It is absurd. — Laurie
Exactly! I have no words for anyone that could even think of approving such a design and In Buellton of all places. Ed St George… — Monica
Alessia Patisserie & Café, 134 E Canon Perdido Street, Entry mat — Tal
PS- the generated photo previously used was more hidious though — Christine!
If you read the city paperwork- they describe the current Pea Soup design as “art deco”. I don’t think what they think is our deco… — Christine!
Come again? — J
Actually- the Art Deco style they speak of.... is what the current building is described as. — Christine!
Villas 1880 -1930, the metal roofing was the only product available in NZ, used in all areas and building types, mostly based on the needs… — Alan
Even the average Kiwi is confused about the cones,.....more cones than Sheep. a modern approach to marketing green NZ... — Alan
Definitely not in keeping with the architecture of the area. — CS