Tag: QAD

September 17, 2024

Changes in Store for a Summerland Complex

Plus: Rumors of a plan for the former QAD campus; new “secret underground theater” downtown; immersive sound and visual experience at UCSB; construction crews using fire hydrants for water; update on Route 192 closure; Thee Sacred Souls to play here. 3

October 7, 2022

Another Santa Claus Lane Shop Is Closing

Plus: Progress comes to the Music Academy of the West; the county is mulling bike and pedestrian improvements near Montecito beaches; opening date set for Santa Barbara Hives's shop in San Roque; holiday revue at the Lobero; a question about the former QAD campus; antique owl prints at the Museum of Natural History. 4

July 1, 2022

The University of California’s Plan for the QAD Campus Remains a Mystery

Other recent news: The Santa Barbara city council rejected the proposed moratorium on new hotels and punted on changes to the State Street Promenade; the latest on the fight between the county and neighbors of the Hot Springs trailhead; stalker arrested at Ariana Grande's Montecito house; Jenni Kayne's Santa Ynez ranch.

May 18, 2022

QAD Is Looking to Sell Its Spectacular Campus

Other recent news: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden bought in Ennisbrook; the Ritz-Carlton Bacara was sold; pelicans are experiencing a mysterious health problem; Amtrak passengers will be allowed to take pets on the Pacific Surfliner; De La Vina buildings to be seized by eminent domain; Milpas Street apartment complex grows to 82 units; Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married here.

June 29, 2021

Santa Barbara May Put the Homeless Up in a Motel for Four Months

Other recent news: QAD is being bought for $2 billion; the county is releasing cannabis applications and scoresheets; inside architect Robin Donaldson's 12,000-square-foot live-work compound; leather goods company Parker Clay is growing; So De Mel swimsuit showroom is closing; progress toward decommissioning two oil wells off Goleta. 3

June 2, 2020

Fire Burns 700 Acres on Santa Cruz Island

Other local news: Artists paint mural honoring George Floyd; vote today whether to cancel the Santa Barbara County Fair; Downtown-Waterfront Shuttle service suspended for financial reasons; setback for controversial cannabis farm; QAD goats.

June 1, 2020

The Channel Islands Are Accessible Again

Plus: East Beach volleyball nets are back up; the prettiest volleyball court around (but it's private); Oprah is having work done; another house sold for over $10 million.