Destinations
Executive & aspirational travel for the Central Coast
Passenger travel up 20 percent at Santa Barbara airport
The Santa Barbara Municipal Airport has had a 20 percent increase in passenger travel for the Fourth of July holiday, the airport announced on July 3, encouraging passengers to plan ahead. As of May 22, the airport re-opened its long-term parking lot on Hollister Avenue and Lopez Road (just west of the intersection of Fairview Avenue Read More →
Read More →Stomp grapes in Solvang to celebrate wine harvest
The Solvang Stomp, a wine harvest street festival, will be held Oct. 19 in downtown Solvang. Solvang Stomp guests will have the opportunity to stomp grapes in vats barefoot, sip tastes from dozens of area wineries, dance to a live band, drink pink in the “I Love Rosé Lounge” and be able to purchase food Read More →
Read More →Roadrunner grounds shuttle service to LAX
About 9,000 monthly riders in Ventura County will be looking elsewhere for airport transit after Camarillo-based Roadrunner Management Services ends its shuttle service to Los Angeles International Airport on July 31. The closure also means layoffs for 60 employees at the former family-owned business, one of the largest private transit operators in the region. In Read More →
Read More →Contour announces flights from San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas
Contour Airlines will begin flights to Las Vegas four times a week out of the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport on Oct. 17. This is the airline’s first time in SLO, according to a June 26 news release, which announced the new nonstop flight. It already offers a nonstop Las Vegas flight out of Read More →
Read More →Broken Earth has big vision for relocated tasting room
Location, location, location was a big draw that prompted Broken Earth Winery to move its tasting room from Highway 46 East in Paso Robles to a large industrial space just steps down the road from Firestone Walker’s brewery and tap room. “We obviously know what Firestone does and how busy they stay,” General Manager Justin Read More →
Read More →Mixologists create ‘Official Drink of Santa Barbara’
Visit Santa Barbara will host its third annual “Official Drink of Santa Barbara” Cocktail Contest from 5 to 8 p.m. June 20 at El Paseo Mexican Restaurant, 813 Anacapa St. Last year’s craft cocktail contest winner was “Biltmore Fuerte” (“Biltmore Strong” in Spanish) by Ty Lounge at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, which Read More →
Read More →Tri-county buildings are gems of mid-century modernism
On an impromptu visit to the former library that currently hosts KidSTREAM, a planned science museum for children in Camarillo, something clicked. As I stood in the main hall of the empty reading room, the vaulted ceiling, streaming natural lighting and built-in alcoves all worked as a unitary design. The fanciful pattern on the iron Read More →
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