FOOD STUFF
••• Yet another new restaurant in Carpinteria.
••• Validation is setting up shop at The Shop.
••• Monte’s weekly farmstand.
••• Profiles of Bodega Flower Girl and Chocolate Maya.
••• The Grand on State has soft-opened.
••• Plenty on Bell is under new ownership.
••• The Natural Coast Wine Festival is coming up.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Land magic in the heart of Riven Rock; a winner in Birnam Wood; Mediterranean across from Hendry’s Beach; butch Tuscan on E. Mountain Drive; project near Cold Spring School; 1923 Upper East colonial; quite the catio on the Lower Riviera; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara is closer to limiting rent increases.
••• ICE arrests at county jails.
••• Calle Cesar Chavez headed toward renaming.
••• The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum has closed.
••• Montecito water and sewage districts might merge.
••• Fundraising drive for Elings Park softball complex.
••• The Pea Soup Andersen’s building conundrum.
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