••• The Santa Barbara County board of supervisors approved the Music Academy of the West’s proposal “to allow the music school to increase the number of students at any given time from 150 to 175, to allow up to 15 weddings to count among the 41 ‘significant life events’—non-music events—that the school is allowed to hold, and to allow greater-use amplified spoken-word and non-amplified music outdoors.” —Independent
••• “Ventura County’s Mountain wildfire has now burned more than 14,000 acres as of 7 p.m. Wednesday night. Containment remains at 0%. Some homes have been lost, but there are no official numbers yet.” —Lance Orozco
••• The Independent has a rundown of the local election results. Of note: “All bed tax increases—to be levied on visitors—on the ballot in Carpinteria, the unincorporated county, Buellton, and Solvang passed easily.” Also, from Noozhawk: “Santa Barbara Voters Support Sales Tax Increase to 9.25%.”
••• “Miramar Resort’s Housing, Retail Project Wins Approval [from the county Planning Commission] Despite Neighbor Concerns […] A deal between All Saints-by-the-Sea church and developer Rick Caruso clears path, but project could get appealed to board of supervisors.” —Noozhawk
••• An Independent profile of Art & Soul Gallery says it’ll be moving from the Funk Zone to “a gallery space on State Street, by the Arlington Theatre.” The new location will be at 1323 State Street (Victoria/Sola), and the opening show debuts December 12 (5-8 p.m.) with work by Pedro De La Cruz, Sylvan Butera Rich, John Baran, and Brad Betts.
••• On the occasion of its forthcoming Balenciaga event, the Couture Pattern Museum got a nice write-up in WWD.
••• “The long-festering dispute between bike lane advocates and defenders of the iconic Canary palms lining Modoc Road officially ended this week with the County of Santa Barbara agreeing to record a conservation easement over 35 acres of undeveloped land it owns by More Mesa in the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County’s name.” —Independent
••• There’s now back-in angled parking on Cathedral Oaks Road from Northgate Drive to Paseo Del Pinion in Goleta, reports KCLU. I find it strange that this is intended to be safer for cyclists. Every time I bike down Cabrillo Boulevard, I have to ride in the street to go around a car blocking the bike lane as the driver attempts to get into a spot. Also, why two bikes lanes in each direction?
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