Members of the Santa Barbara City Council didn’t exactly cut the proverbial baby in half Tuesday evening, July 15, after spending four hours grappling with the single-most contentious and polarizing development project to come their way.
For five years, Randy Welty and his wife, Lynn Ballantyne, have been trying to build their retirement home-a 13,333-square-foot glass and metal monster of a house complete with nearly 2,500 additional square feet of barns and guest houses-just off Farren Road at the easternmost gate of the Gaviota Coast.
Santa Barbara mental health nonprofits thought they were in the clear for funding in this coming fiscal year and that the threat of drastic cuts was history when on June 13 the Board of Supervisors allocated $4.15 million to Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services (ADMHS).
The buzz about birth choices in Santa Barbara has grown audibly louder in recent months.
Saigon In and Out Vietnamese Restaurant has opened a spacious new location on State Street just below Victoria Street.
Art From Scrap, a nonprofit organization and reuse art store, is holding its 7th annual Assemblage, Collage, and Mixed-Media Art Show and Auction this Saturday, July 19.
For residents of Santa Barbara, few subjects rival the provocative power of the debate over the pros and cons of land development.
There’s no doubt that finding dates through Internet personal ads will eventually lead you into the arms of some creepo trolling for underage tail.
Craig is the author of Horses Like Lightning, a nonfictional account of the years she spent in the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang, studying the relationship between people and horses.
“We have a limited amount of mikes up here, and we need ’em to hear a few instruments, but if we’re all quiet we can kinda vibe-out,” said Port O’Brien lead singer Van Pierszalowski before jumping into a slow and harmonious song featuring soul-wrenching saw and bow, accordion, and layers of layers guitar, vocals, and banjo.
