FOOD STUFF
••• A meat-and-seafood market is opening in Carpinteria.
••• Debut date of Drover’s Doughnuts in Goleta (above).
••• Chain restaurant rumored to be replacing Anchor Rose at the harbor.
••• Santa Barbara Food Connection and Santa Playa Mariscos have closed.
••• The former Derf’s is still available.
••• Frinj Coffee update.
••• State Street restaurant space.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Preppy, pretty, and pink in Ennisbrook; Harbor Hills project with some of the best views in town; 1929 Riviera Spanish with contemporary interiors; Upper East single-level; Hidden Valley for $3.5 million; and the floops of a Hope Ranch hacienda.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Who’s running for mayor of Santa Barbara.
••• Super-heavy rocket launches in consideration at Vandenberg.
••• The craziest real estate video ever (above).
••• Emergency rent freeze in the works.
••• Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi bought a Montecito estate.
••• More flights from Santa Barbara Airport to four cities.
••• New-ish architectural guidebook.
••• No construction yet at the Goleta Valley Library.
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