SLOW NEWS WEEK
Who doesn’t love complaining about the way other people park?
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: How do you say “Riven Rock” in Italian?; clunker in a great location; funky four-building compound in Mission Canyon; the sparest house ever; a fixer at the north end of La Marina; 1920s on E. Mission Street; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Oil company wants to seize land with eminent domain.
••• Former mayor Sheila Lodge has died.
••• Sable Offshore continues to expand offshore drilling operations.
••• No more free mooring at Fools Anchorage.
••• El Capitán State Beach reopened.
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