••• The CVS store at 1109 State Street (Figueroa/Anapamu) will indeed close; the last day is November 19. —John Palminteri
••• “The last chapter closed on East Anapamu’s majestic Italian stone pines last Thursday, when Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation commissioners heeded the advice of its Street Tree Advisory Committee to confine future plantings to the more compliant coast live oak. […] An appeal to the City Council is still possible.” —Independent
••• “The Rosewood Miramar Beach hotel has reached a deal with the All Saints by-the-Sea church over its new housing and retail project in Montecito. The Miramar has reduced the size of the housing on the corner of Eucalyptus Lane and Jameson Lane to primarily one story, with a second story set back from the church, preserving the views of the mountains. […] The compromise includes the Caruso team building new stained-glass windows for the church with mountain views.” —Noozhawk
••• “Celesta M. Billeci Announces Retirement from UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures at the End of 2024-2025 Season. With 25 Seasons at A&L, She Is the Longest Serving Director in the Organization’s History. […] The University will conduct a national search for Billeci’s successor. ” —Independent
••• “The University of California, Santa Barbara Library has partnered with the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society to offer Santa Barbara families free preservation-level digitization of local home movies as part of its History in Motion: Home Movie Collection and Digitization program. Digitized materials will be preserved in the UCSB Library’s Local History Collections.” —Independent (UPDATE: The deadline passed. Sorry about that….) UPDATE 11/1: “You can reach out to the Home Movie program coordinator [email protected] to learn about the program and future work if you missed the Santa Barbara dates!” posted someone on Instagram. “We’ll also be in Carp in November.”
••• The tree of the month is the Karrajong Bottle-tree: “While it is in the same genus as other Australian bottle-trees, it rarely has the large wine-bottle-shaped bulge in the middle of the trunk that those develop. Instead, it has a rather expanded trunk near the root crown. […] After the flowers are pollinated, […] boat-shaped seed pods form in large numbers. The green- to greenish-brown pods are smooth and leathery on the outside. As they ripen, they dry, turn a dark-brown, and finally split open lengthwise on one suture to reveal rows of orange-brown seeds that resemble kernels of corn. Each pod contains 8 to 12 seeds that are each surrounded by a sheath skirt that is covered with tiny protective hairs. Fair warning: these hairs can be quite irritating to the human skin—precautions should be taken when handling open pods!” —Edhat
••• “After more than two years of construction, the green fencing around the Santa Barbara Public Library is gone and the newly redesigned plaza is finally open to the public.” —Noozhawk
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Odd headline since there are 3 CVS stores on State Sreet. It seems like most headlines these days are designed to be clickbait.
Surely the photo helped explain which one.
Bar Lou- $11 bread? $13 Cashews? really??? CVR isn’t the Yellow Brick Road.
Wld love to learn: 1. the current salary/benefits for the retiring UCSB A&L director, and 2. what are the retirement remuneration/benefits… especially in light of Yang’s astronomical salary revelation.
Thanks to Celesta Billeci for growing Arts and Lectures into the amazing program it is today!!
That store was gross and like most CVS stores not a place with good vibes. I am sure the underpaid employees had to deal with a lot of nonsense at that location. I hope the employees find better working conditions and.a happier environment elsewhere.
Good bye and good riddance to CVS management.