The Lobero Theatre celebrates this momentous anniversary by honoring the past and safeguarding the future of this vibrant community treasure.
The Lobero Theatre is a historic performing arts venue located in downtown Santa Barbara, California. It was built in 1873 and is one of the oldest theaters in the state. The Lobero has been a center for performing arts in Santa Barbara for 150 years, hosting a wide variety of events including plays, concerts, dance performances, and lectures.
Click Read More below for video and more information about this historic Santa Barbara treasure.
We roll out this update on Sightings in and around southern Santa Barbara as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival wraps up This week some of the attendees for the Film Festival included Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brenden Fraser, Austin (Elvis) Butler, Kerry Condon, Nina Hoss, Stephanie Hsu, Colin Farrell, and Brendan Gleason.
Elsewhere…
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced on January 18, 2023, the highly anticipated line-up for the 38th Festival which will run from February 8, 2023, through to February 18. The Film Festival will showcase 52 World Premiers and 78 US premieres from 43 countries along with tributes featuring the year’s top talent, panel discussions, and free education and community outreach programs. Click Read More below for more information.
Stephen Hawking’s Five Favorite places are 1. The Big Bang 2. The Milky Ways central Black Hole 3. Gliese 832 c 4. Saturn 5. Santa Barbara, California
(Short video, with a very entertaining clip of Stephen Hawking flying over the Old Mission Church in Santa Barbara in a Rocket Ship! ) Click “Read More” below for video.
The California Coast’s land use is regulated by various Government Agencies some of which are included in this post with an accent on Santa Barbara with information plus links from the City of Santa Barbara’s website. Click “Read More” below for more information.
As we head into 2023 the housing market finds itself at a turning point, hindered by a dramatic spike in mortgage rates that chilled the market. A storm was brewing as sellers came to terms with the fact that volatile mortgage rates were rising and pushing some buyers to the sidelines dampening demand for their homes. Yet supply is still tight and home prices went up faster throughout the year than many American incomes. The cooling housing market also leveled the playing field for all types of brokerages as change became the new normal.
Fractional home ownership. One-eighth ownership. Basically a timeshare. What could go wrong?
Disrupter Pacaso, is a Bay Area-based company that buys homes and then sells fractional interests in them to second-home buyers. After the sale – in which the company makes a profit – the company then manages the home, and the co-owners use Pacaso’s technology to schedule time in the home.
In May 2020, eight blocks of State Street — from Sola Street to Gutierrez Street in the area known as Lower State — were closed off to car traffic to enable restaurants and merchants to spill out into the street and meet the ever-changing state and national guidelines due to the pandemic.
Our local government and the Santa Barbara Police appear unable to address the variety of issues recently brought forth by the Natural Cafe owner which has chosen to close its doors after 30 years on State Street.
Ever since the closure of State Street the once iconic “Main Street” of Santa Barbara no longer seems the same.
Should State Street be reopened?
For more on the closure of the Natural Cafe and the myriad of problems that plague State Street click “Read More” below.
A grand 150th-anniversary bash will take place on October 8th from 11 am to 7:15 pm! At 7 pm there will be a five-minute Fireworks show! Stearns Wharf’s merchants, with some added help from the Santa Barbara yacht club, will host this exciting event on and near the wharf.
For the first time in three years, Santa Barbara is celebrating Old Spanish Days again! Old Spanish Days – Fiesta is Santa Barbara’s largest celebration and one of the top regional festivals in the United States.
