June 20, 2021
Plus: Hidden path leading to Mission Rose Garden; nominations wanted for the People of the Year awards; how a proposed new house will affect the Old Pueblo Trail; cigar boxes for sale; great blue herons nesting in Carpinteria. 1
February 8, 2021
More food news: $10,000 grants for small independent restaurants; meadery opening downtown; a steakhouse is opening in Solvang; Coastal Coffee Collective takes on instant coffee.
September 30, 2020
Plus: New York City home store opening in Montecito; Governor Newsom signed the bill banning many rat poisons; 30 new electric-vehicle charging stations at a downtown garage; grants for small businesses coping with Covid-19; royals deny reality show report.
May 6, 2020
Plus: "For lease" sign at Treat skincare in Arlington Plaza; cleaner trailheads thanks to Montecito Trails Foundation and MarBorg; changes proposed to the city's Historic Resources Ordinance; grants to arts non-profits; SBIFF interview with the writer-director of "The Half of It."
April 30, 2020
Other local news: Apartment complex proposed for lower State Street; hospitals to resume elective procedures and surgeries; interview with police chief Lori Luhnow; the war between winemakers and cannabis farmers; more on Carp's great white sharks; county seeks grand jury volunteers; Santa Barbara Foundation's new CEO; Music Academy of West's pandemic plan B.
November 27, 2019
More recent news: Christmas drone show coming to Solvang; library now lending musical instruments; Santa Barbara Foundation head Ron Gallo is stepping down; how two Montecito streets got their names.
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I’ve lived and worked in Summerland for 30 years. I like the town the way it is. We don’t need to be another Montecito. I… — Rosa
The finish of the Coyote house is really bad. Reminds me of the section of Magic Mountain where the Viper Rollercoaster is. Erik, the hovel… — Jonny
Isn't there design review to provide some "guidance" to what shares the corniness of a Chevy's restaurant facade ? — Jahroman
Skin condition! LOL. Who designed that Coyote house? Please publish their name. Everyone in the community needs to make sure to never hire this person… — Sam Tababa
I went by the Medcliff Road house today. There is a crew removing the eight million dollar "landscaping" and hauling it away. — BillF
Gillespie St, above Mission. on the upper westside is worth a stroll. I've been here since 1979 and it's the best it's ever been. Thanks… — Judy
It’s Santa Barbara. Not Montecito. Not Malibu. 😂😂 — Cate
8 stories? Behind the mission or anywhere in SB is absolutely wrong. Seriouslly? Let's hope there is lots of money that comes out to fight… — Mike Jones
I’d like to hear directly from our elected officials what they are planning on doing to stop the project behind the Mission. I am very… — BW
During college I lived in a big Victorian across the street from the Eagles clubhouse on Bath. Used to walk by the Poor Richard Pub… — AFC
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I’ve lived and worked in Summerland for 30 years. I like the town the way it is. We don’t need to be another Montecito. I… — Rosa
The finish of the Coyote house is really bad. Reminds me of the section of Magic Mountain where the Viper Rollercoaster is. Erik, the hovel… — Jonny
Isn't there design review to provide some "guidance" to what shares the corniness of a Chevy's restaurant facade ? — Jahroman
Skin condition! LOL. Who designed that Coyote house? Please publish their name. Everyone in the community needs to make sure to never hire this person… — Sam Tababa
I went by the Medcliff Road house today. There is a crew removing the eight million dollar "landscaping" and hauling it away. — BillF
Gillespie St, above Mission. on the upper westside is worth a stroll. I've been here since 1979 and it's the best it's ever been. Thanks… — Judy
It’s Santa Barbara. Not Montecito. Not Malibu. 😂😂 — Cate
8 stories? Behind the mission or anywhere in SB is absolutely wrong. Seriouslly? Let's hope there is lots of money that comes out to fight… — Mike Jones
I’d like to hear directly from our elected officials what they are planning on doing to stop the project behind the Mission. I am very… — BW
During college I lived in a big Victorian across the street from the Eagles clubhouse on Bath. Used to walk by the Poor Richard Pub… — AFC