Goleta to Consider Bigger Hollister Avenue Hotel
City Council has concerns but votes to consider third and biggest version of formerly approved Rincon Palms hotel at Storke and Hollister.
Recent Stories
Santa Rosa Island’s Final Hunts
Channel Island National Park’s remaining elk and deer should be gone by the end of upcoming commercial hunt.
Sipping on Sanguis
Artistic winemaker Matthias Pippig opens a winery and tasting room on Eastside’s Ashley Road.
Join the American Wine Society
First-ever meeting for Santa Barbara chapter of American Wine Society.
Tequila!
Chatting with Ernesto Rodriguez, who brings the second Tequila Harvest to town on August 16.
Murre Return to Channel Islands
This summer, scientists witnessed the hatching of a California common murre on small islet off of San Miguel Island, the first time that this seabird has reproduced on the Channel Islands since 1912.
De la Vina-Figueroa Won’t Be Safer Soon
Despite neighborhood pleas, the Santa Barbara City Council asked staff for more options than bulb-outs.
Why Fiesta Doesn’t Suck
Like many locals, this writer once avoided Fiesta. Today, he dives in. Here’s why.
Beer Garden’s Beautiful Volunteers
Bob Mills is the coordinator whose crews keep the Bowl crowds happy.
The Magical Mysteries of Shawn Thomas Odyssey
The longtime Santa Barbara theater do-it-all and film score composer unveils The Wizard of Dark Street.
