October 3, 2024
Tag: Cottage Health
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
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