••• The design for a new interchange at Highway 101 and Cabrillo Boulevard/Hot Springs Road was revealed a long time ago, but I suspect it’s news to some of you, and Noozhawk has a recap of a discussion about it at the city’s Architectural Board of Review. The roundabout in the rendering above would be new—i.e., adjacent to the one at Hot Springs and Coast Village Road, as you can see in the graphic at right.
••• The hotel proposed for 710 State Street (going through to E. Ortega, where the Press Room is now) sailed through the city’s Historic Landmarks Commission; up next, the Planning Commission. —Santa Barbara News-Press
••• “About two-thirds of the 50 outdoor dining parklets inspected Friday by city staff did not have the changes necessary to allow stormwater runoff to flow beneath them, or around them, or through them […]. As such, they missed last Thursday’s deadline for meeting that requirement.” They were given five days to get the work done. —Santa Barbara News-Press
••• Meanwhile, the city council’s Finance Committee couldn’t figure out how much to charge State Street restaurants for the privilege of having a parklet. One does wonder why certain streets—State Street, Coast Village Road—get all this parklet regulation and others don’t. —Independent
••• “New ‘Scrubbers’ Provide Some Relief from Pot Stench in Carp—So Why No County Mandate for Growers?” —Newsmakers
••• “The 2022 book Rincon Point co-written by Vincent Burns and Stephen Bates explores the expansive history of the 30 acres of land near Carpinteria that make up one of the most iconic surf spots in California. Burns, a publishing consultant and historian, teamed up with Bates, a journalism professor and author, because both had familial ties to Rincon Point.” —Noozhawk
••• The latest on the battle over public access to Hollister Ranch beaches. —Independent
••• A leather good shop called Homer is opening next to Tre Lune on Coast Village Road. —Montecito Journal
••• Residents expressed displeasure with the number of cruise ships stopping here. —Independent
••• Local barber Sergio Castro “opened Primetime Barbers in Goleta’s Plaza Shopping Center, 7127 Hollister Ave., Suite 1, around the corner from the new IHOP.” —Noozhawk
••• The Nomada Hotel Group (the Skyview Los Alamos, Hotel Ynez in Solvang, etc.) is revamping the River Lodge Motel in Paso Robles, including changing the name to just River Lodge. (Not sure what that means for the retro-fabulous sign with “MOTEL” at the top.) It’s scheduled to open in the summer. —KSBY
••• And up in Cayucos, “Ryan and Marisa Fortini have transformed one of the area’s first motels into The Pacific […] with local artworks, firepits and a ping pong table, plus Linus bikes for cruising the boardwalk.” —C Magazine (item not online)
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Dueling roundabouts for such a small confluence of streets/onramp seems like overkill, no?
And there will be a third one on the other side of the 101, where Cabrillo intersects with Los Patos Way.
Good grief
who has the nerve to attack guests on a cruise ship stopping for the day? A short sighted nincompoop who never drives across town for a new coffee shop, who never drives to SYV to wine taste, who never desires a steak one day and fish the next….every single person here has traveled and enjoyed it- whether it be a day trip to Morro Bay or a summer in Iceland. Get off your pompous chair and let people live. You think cruise ships are “dirty”? Go spend a week on a live aboard dive boat, a boat floating off East Beach- see how they dispose of their unsightlys. VIVA TO ALL WHO VISIT!
I hope I am not the only person who sees on one hand you are bashing the boat, but jumping up and down at new hotels TO DRIVE TO? WHAT A JOKE ?
I attended the meeting and the air quality expert reported that cruise ships create significantly higher amount of numerous pollutants than the same number of passengers driving from LA to SB.
Cayucos Is an awesome little town. Good luck to its new motel!
my personal fav place to stay is a hotel run by the nicest Sri Lankan family in San Simeon- love all the beachcombing one can do there!
San Simeon! You’re right, it’s a great spot too.
I saw Kristen Sneddon post on Facebook about the cruise ships meeting, obviously they are curse ships to her. I would never go on a cruise ship but I like to see them. I think they are marvels of engineering that they float. Yes they dump sewage in the water, as do we. Since 1994 I have paddled outrigger canoes off our coast, many times near the outfall pipes a sheen. . . a ribbon of nasty has been on the water surface. I never jumped in when I saw it. Fast forward to this meeting. I’m willing to bet the people that raised their hand against cruise ships have probably never seen the sheen. Even worse is the local water after these rains. Ben Pitterle can test the local waters before and after the rain last weekend and this coming Sunday. Then compare the readings to those a month ago, when the ships were here.
Cruise ship are a disaster! These ships burn up to 250 tons of fuel in a day. Cruise ships dump toxic waste into the waters, fill the earth with carbon dioxide and kill marine wildlife. Visit any deep sea port in Europe that allows cruise ships and you will see first hand their destruction on the local coastline and horrendous affects on the quality of sea life.
There were several outrigger canoe paddlers at the meeting. Personally, I don’t like seeing the ships. It always startles me when I am expecting to see clear blue sky, water, and islands and instead see a floating edifice blocking the view.