February 29, 2024
Tag: Jackpocket
Santa Barbara Water Rates to Go Way Up
Other recent news: Proposed Garden Street hotel will only have 60 employees; Santa Barbara–based Jackpocket acquired for $750 million; a Wells Fargo branch has closed; the reinvented River Lodge motel outside Paso Robles has opened; the tree of the month; sewage spills affect Goleta Beach and Miramar Beach. 3
March 28, 2022
Grocery Workers Vote to Call a Strike
But no date has been set yet. Other recent news: Branding Santa Barbara as Silicon Riviera; trapeze school to extend its stay in Vera Cruz Park; 332-apartment complex proposed for Goleta; neat houses featured in Santa Barbara magazine; Hearst Castle will finally reopen; Letter Perfect stationery shop has left Coast Village Road; Instagram retools its algorithm to favor video (so sign up for the email newsletter!). 10
Burning Questions
- Why Are There Story Poles at Calle Real Center?
- When Will the Last Segment of Highway 101 Get Upgraded?
- Why Are There “No Grading” Signs on the Edison Catway?
- Why Are There Pedestrian Gates at Train Tracks?
- Is This Summerland’s Original Train Station?
- What Does the “S” on Certain Chimneys Stand For?
- What’s the Status of the Decommissioning of Rincon Island?
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