“You have taken my family savings to fix your building, and then now you want to kick us out,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said the city approved her concept and Paul Feller tenancy when she originally signed the lease in 2023. She said the city never said in writing or otherwise that if Metropolitan Theatre left that it would void her lease. Even though Cookie Plug had a lease through 2029 with MTC, Rodriguez said the city surmised that the sublease ended when the city declined to renew the master lease in September.
This partnership with PCA and the Gifts and Grants Program were both of special importance to Mike Warren, a longtime supporter of local student athletes and a director on the board of the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table. To honor Mike’s legacy and ensure both of these wonderful programs can continue to benefit our local sports community, please consider making a donation in his name. If you like what we’re doing — or just want to see more Santa Barbara County news — click here to support our mission. At the time, he had $200 in his pocket, his wife and 1-year-old son Barclay. Brantingham decided to drive up the coast and apply at newspaper jobs.
High prices, low inventory, and burdensome regulations have created one of the nation’s most challenging housing markets. That’s why the National Association of Realtors (NAR), in partnership with the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) and local associations like the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors (SBAOR), is working every day to turn that tide. June is National Homeownership Month, and it is a time to reflect on the role it plays in strengthening families, building communities, and creating generational wealth. Yet for many Californians, the dream of homeownership feels further out of reach than ever.
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Kelly McAdoo, the city administrator for Santa Barbara, said the city is not in negotiations to purchase the property. The City of Santa Barbara has red-tagged the historic La Casa de la Raza building, claiming that multiple safety concerns make the building unsafe. Everyone attending UC Santa Barbara’s commencement weekend – with ceremonies throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday – will want to keep an eye on the forecast. Gusty sundowner winds are expected Saturday through Monday across southwestern Santa Barbara County, from Gaviota to San Marcos Pass, the NWS said. Downtown Santa Barbara can expect daytime high temperatures of 90 on Sunday and 91 on Monday, according to the NWS forecast. The weekend “warm-up” will bring temperatures in the 80s and 90s to the South Coast before they drop back down to the 70s on Tuesday, forecasters said.
Some carried the Mexican and American flags together, to show support for both countries, and respect for the role immigrants play in society. They waved thousands of signs that displayed their disgust for the president, at a time when he has deployed the National Guard to assist in deportation efforts by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles. Daytime temperatures in the high-70s and low- to mid-80s are expected in Goleta and Santa Barbara, respectively, early this week. With another warm day and wind in the forecast, Southern California Edison has issued warnings for public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) for wide swaths of the Santa Barbara South Coast.
ICE also conducted workplace raids in Ventura County on Tuesday, with Oxnard seeing the biggest impact out of the two counties, Diaz said. On Tuesday, a crew leader on a field on the west side of Santa Maria noticed three unmarked vehicles parading through the fields and suspected that they were ICE officers, according to Diaz. The crew leader alerted other supervisors, and while some employees fled the fields, some were taken into custody, Diaz said. In the meantime, Talkin said the Foodbank is doing everything it can to provide for the county and its residents. Even though he called the cuts a “disaster,” he said the Foodbank has weathered disasters in the past.
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He reminded his fellow graduates that they successfully revitalized school spirit and culture. “Our high school journeys began on a fateful August day in 2021, and we were riddled with stress and anxiety after the hectic pandemic, starting school with masks covering our faces. We tried to readjust to the academic and social pressures of in-person school,” Villa said.
His face arrived on people’s doorsteps every morning, and his “Off the Beat” columns appeared on the cover of the local news section. He developed his reporting and writing skills, and eventually moved to courts and City Hall. Brantingham, one of the last of a generation of newspaper reporters who shaped a community with his insider writing voice, worked at the Santa Barbara News-Press for 46 years. “The potential impact of any Medicaid cuts on rural communities remains a concern,” said Yvette Cope, CEO of Lompoc Valley Medical Center. “A reduction in these funds has the potential to limit the range of services we can provide now and, in the future, and could directly impact our ability to provide timely access to those requiring care. CenCal Health provides health insurance to some 242,000 low-income people on the Central Coast.
The national award recognizes SMRT’s accomplishments and dedication to providing exceptional public transportation services. NAR supports legislation to increase access to affordable financing, especially for first-time buyers, veterans, and those from historically underserved communities. Here in California, our Dream For All program, which provides shared equity down payment assistance, has been a major innovation. C.A.R. was a strong advocate for the creation of this program and fought to make sure it was properly funded.
Talkin said the Foodbank is working to localize how it resources food. The plans are in the early stages, he added, but the long-term goal is to make the organization more resilient and independent. He added that the cuts also will affect local farmers who are paid with funding provided by the government programs. Even though the cuts will have a massive effect on the Foodbank, Talkin said he hopes the Trump administration realizes that people rely on those programs and changes course. Despite rising inflation and a higher number of clients, the organization will have fewer resources to help. Harmon, a Lompoc native who is a real estate attorney in addition to councilwoman, said she looks forward to working closely with local governments during her time as chair.
SBART is excited to continue our long tradition of Press Luncheons at Harry’s Plaza Cafe! We hope you will join us to recognize and support our local student-athletes. Click here for more information and a copy of the press luncheon schedule. Several blocks south, the community’s Juneteenth celebration took place on South H Street in Old Town with music, poetry, historical re-enactments, food, vendors and speeches including by Victor Jordan, publisher of the Lompoc Vision newspaper. In what appears to be the largest protest ever in Santa Barbara, more than 10,000 people gathered near the waterfront Saturday to protest the policies of President Trump, as part of the national No Kings rallies across the nation.
Rodriguez said the city assured her, however, that they would come to terms on an agreement, but then she got the letter from France on Friday. Elevating these kinds of programs nationwide is a major goal of the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors. During National Homeownership Month we don’t just celebrate the homes people already have, we fight for the ones they still dream of. To showcase our support of the event, Circus Vargas Hollywood Dreams, Noozhawk spoke with Katya Quiroga, Owner and Producer at Circus Vargas to learn more about their event.