Tag: Santa Barbara Public Library

March 23, 2025

The West Mesa Dragon Has a New Friend

Plus: Don’t mess with any trail easements that run through your property; Mācher is opening a shop in Santa Ynez; Chris Isaak is coming to Ojai; Dwight Yoakam, the Mavericks, and Caamp to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; Santa Barbara Public Library now offers ice skating passes; Loan Chabanol show at Tamsen Gallery. 1

March 3, 2025

The Post Announced Three More Tenants

Plus: The best look yet at the 443-unit complex replacing Sears at La Cumbre Plaza; Cold Spring bridge update; My Morning Jacket to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; new coffee table book about Santa Barbara homes; Goleta movie theater for lease; hair salon leaves Coast Village Road; the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is coming up; reminders of constitutional rights. 7

October 31, 2024

The CVS Store on State Street Is Closing

Other recent news: The downtown library plaza has opened; oak trees to replace stone pines on E. Anapamu Street; Caruso and All Saints by-the-Sea church make a deal; the head of UCSB Arts & Lectures is retiring; free digitization of local home movies; the tree of the month. 6

October 21, 2024

When the Next Segment of Carpool Lanes Might Open

Plus: Michael Towbes Library Plaza to debut soon; the San Ysidro Ranch's botanical garden; new health-and-wellness shop in Carpinteria; paintings by Siddarth Parasnis; State Route 192 to reopen near Parma Park; when will a new traffic light get activated? 1

August 22, 2024

Opening Date for the Santa Barbara Public Library Plaza

Other recent news: The eight-story building proposed near the Mission; a bit of intel on the buyers of the former St. Anthony's Seminary complex; President Biden and his family are vacationing in the Santa Ynez Valley; feedback on the plaza to replace Franceschi House; Moody Sisters cottages istreated; the new Tilly Timms souvenir store; California Highway Patrol issued a ton of speeding tickets; driver crashes car and flees on skateboard. 5

April 8, 2023

Oprah Winfrey’s Creek Construction Makes Downstream Neighbors Nervous

Other recent news: Santa Barbara County tightened the eviction code; city Planning Commission waffles on 101 Garden Street hotel; update on the county's ambulance services contract; library plaza should be done by October; Elings Park improvements; opposition to fish farms in the Santa Barbara Channel; 72-room hotel in Carpinteria moves forward. 8

August 21, 2022

Dutch Garden Is Getting Closer to Opening

More food news: The Whole Foods renovation continues; Juice Ranch is opening a Solvang outpost; Hook & Press's savory new treat; Corazón Cocina is taking over the food at M. Special; you can now check out an induction burner from the library; the Baker's Table's new location has opened. 4

May 8, 2022

Pay-By-Phone Now Available at Downtown Parking Lots

Other recent news: Groundbreaking for the Michael Towbes Library Plaza; county Covid-19 cases are rising but hospitalizations are stable; Chick-fil-A's traffic-mitigation plan got sent back to the drawing board; updates on the Hot Springs trailhead parking brouhaha.

October 30, 2021

Plans for a “Fun, Hip” Youth Hostel in Santa Barbara

Plus: One of the Highway 101 onramps reopens today; an F45 fitness studio is coming to Goleta; part of Bella Vista Drive is closed for a month and a half; personalized bricks available for the new library plaza; two solo shows at Sullivan Goss.

April 15, 2021

What to Expect in the Orange Tier

Other recent news: The Cold Spring School saga turns uglier; El Capitán State Beach will close for a year starting in the fall; Santa Barbara–based Evidation Health is a unicorn; Carp-based cannabis company sold for $567 million; cannabis farming mulled for the parched Cuyama Valley; Ventura might close parts of its Main Street for good; library plaza to be named after late philanthropist.