JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: New construction on the right side of Shoreline Drive for $8.855 million; Cliff Drive fixer with excellent views; sexy midcentury in good shape; quick flip near the San Ysidro Ranch; itty-bitty 1960 cottage cantilevered over a Mission Canyon hillside; and many more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The Summer Solstice festival isn’t happening this year.
••• Rumors that the Biltmore is being turned Moroccan and/or into condos.
••• Work to start soon on the Arroyo Burro Open Space and the Randall Road Debris Basin (above).
••• Transgender man fatally shot by Lompoc police in suspicious circumstances.
••• Santa Barbara City Council to consider “hero pay” for grocery workers.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Starbucks is opening on a prominent corner.
••• Indonesian food delivered monthly.
••• Wingman Rodeo has opened in Goleta.
••• Third Window Brewing’s call for oranges.
••• Santo Mezcal is now serving breakfast.
••• Bettina’s new leek pizza.
••• Quality coffee in Santa Ynez.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Santa Barbara Bowl has resumed announcing new shows.
••• Laundromat building on De La Vina to receive a fancy renovation (above).
••• A new local news-and-opinion outlet.
••• The former Mount Calvary Monastery & Retreat House got another price cut.
••• Petition for a better aquatics center at the revamped Ortega Park.
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HOT PROPERTY
Notable sales this week: A nearly 17,000-square-foot house for $19.1 million; Miramar Beach two-bedroom; 1926 Riviera villa; Lutah Maria Riggs in the Golden Quadrangle; Jeff Shelton in low-key mode; a pair of $3 million houses right near the freeway; and more.
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