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Three downtown business leaders talked about the benefits of the proposed Community Benefit Assessment District for State Street in the latest episode of

Bouchon celebrates 25 years, a Goleta 7-Eleven closes,, some honey-related businesses make changes, and Thomas Keller will oversee Coral Casino food operations

Visit Santa Barbara (VSB), the destination marketing organization for the Santa Barbara South Coast region, held its Annual General Meeting May 11 at the

Changes to Victoria Street downtown could involve returning two way traffic to an area with one way traffic now. Not everyone is happy about it, including some restaurant owners.

California businesses are responding to a labor shortage with social media pleas, hiring incentives, bonuses and new benefits. So far, workers, particularly in the service industry, are seeing wages rise.

California businesses are responding to a labor shortage with social media pleas, hiring incentives, bonuses and new benefits.

California businesses are responding to a labor shortage with social media pleas, hiring incentives, bonuses and new benefits.Workers, particularly in the service industry, are seeing wages rise. Story from @CalMatters.

Oliver Forster / NC3 Despite the Santa Barbara International Film Festival taking place near the beach, restaurants on upper State Street are still packed with people. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — As the 36th Santa Barbara International Film Festival gets going with two beachfront drive-in theaters, upper State Street looks a little different. At Bouchon Santa Barbara, owner Mitchell Sjerven says his restaurant wouldve been booked with those in attendance at the film festival.  “Weve been here ...

| 8:30 a.m. Thanks in large part to the internet, news is transmitted at lightning speed these days. If only the technology and back-end work needed to move it were so simple and efficient. In the fall of 2019, Noozhawk was recruited to join Newspack, a project of WordPress.com in partnership with the Google News Initiative, The Lenfest Institute, the Knight Foundation and ConsenSys, among other journalism and high-tech heavy hitters. The concept is concise, with Newspack providing small new...

Restaurants Rebel Against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Outdoor Dining Ban Owners cite lack of evidence that practice causes spread of COVID-19, seek help from local political leaders as financial losses mount Tre Lune Ristorante-Bar, at 1151 Coast Village Road in Montecito, is among the local restaurants pushing back against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on outdoor dining. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo) By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina January 10, 2021 | 11:30 p.m. Restaurants...