A warrant had been issued for Pini’s arrest, and he was taken into custody in connection with a burglary that occurred earlier this week when neighbors reported he was seen taking copper tubing, pipe ...

Dario Pini is hardly the typical Santa Barbara landlord. But Debbie Toga is hardly Santa Barbara’s typical aggrieved neighbor, either. For the past seven years, Pini — famous for the large number of ...

If Dario Pini is nervous, he doesn’t show it. And if he’s joking, he’s not letting on. For the past 40 years, Dario Pini has loomed large in Santa Barbara’s urban folk mythology as the city’s single ...

Attorneys for the City of Carpinteria have filed a lawsuit alleging that landlord Dario Pini breached a settlement agreement with the city regarding code violations at several of his properties. “This ...

Some of Russ Young’s best moments as a child may have been in the old toy aisle, but, as it turned out, fun could be found all over the store at Pini Hardware. “Some of my earliest memories were ...

The character development of Pini Ben-Tovim, the garrulous and disarming star of the eponymously named web TV series, was mostly a lucky break for creator Tomer Barzide. Ra’anana-born-and-bred Barzide ...