Tag: Property

Nearly a century ago, famous architect George Washington Smith kicked off the California movement of Spanish Colonial revival. Smith was an individual who dropped out of Harvard to eventually work as a bond trader. After becoming a successful businessman, he moved to Santa Barbara to find a relaxing lifestyle and planning to work on his…

Hospice of Santa Barbara provides a full suite of programming to serve individuals facing terminal and chronic illness, as well as their families. Several of the programs at the Hospice focus on the needs of children dealing with the impending or recent passing of a loved one. Kenny Slaught points out that about one in…

The engine room contains 16 big generators as well as a small one that acts like two generators. All of them are used to give out hydroelectric energy to the regions nearby and Native American tribes. For instance, 28% of the energy is used by Southern California, while Nevada takes up 23% and Arizona uses…

City planners founded development controls to protect the Spanish influenced buildings in 1925. It was the first time a group took action regarding the significance of historic buildings. Laws were implemented to protect parks and buildings, and legal protection for historic landmarks were founded in 1960. Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/news/kenny-slaught-examines-santa-barbaras-222300459.html

Hotel Virginia, El Pueblo Viejo district in historic downtown, and the two pink towers of the Old Mission, are some the most famous structures in Santa Barbara. The Old Mision hosts many retreats and festivals. The County Courthouse is decorated with brightly colored tiles and its murals are strikingly beautiful. The clock tower and observation…

The current real estate market is a typical Californian one. Its state is greatly influenced by a lack of land in desirable areas. The Los Angeles and San Francisco areas have prohibitively high prices even for undeveloped land. Kenny Slaught says that new constructions are constantly delayed. Most homeowners prefer thus to renovate their current…

The housing market on the West coast is white-hot. This means that even older and less fashionable homes cost a fortune. Kenny Slaught says that since 2008, the prices increased steadily. He pointed to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home price index as a common reference. This reveals that last April, the home prices in…

Chris Wilson is the director of Global Health Discovery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He says that the grants have the purpose of helping new discoveries that could ultimately save millions of lives. The GCE winners expand the line of thought for worldwide health and development in places where creative thinking is needed…

Santa Barbara City College has an unmatched reputation for network support training. Kenny Slaught says that those attending these classes will find them very useful. Those trained as network engineers help their coworkers have the best connectivity and data management applications. Every year there are more and more job openings and career opportunities in the…

Santa Barbara is focused on its community, and this comes from its charity tradition. Kenny Slaught talks about the town’s many nonprofits, that continue the work started by the Santa Barbara Foundation in 1928. The charity organizations answer promptly to the community’s needs, which reduces the need to ask for assistance from national foundations.  Read…