FOOD STUFF
••• The Hotel Californian’s new owner has a plan for the Blackbird space.
••• Bar Le Côte has opened (but without beer and wine for now).
••• A new project from the pastry chef of Corazón Cocina and the Project.
••• VeganGreenGo has closed.
••• The dining room at Solvang’s Coast Range finally debuts.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A home for you and 199 of your closest friends; a historic conundrum on the Riviera; Eucalyptus Hill house that thinks it’s worth eight figures; fabulous 1927 bones in the Hedgerow; a Hope Ranch flip; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Patrick Nesbitt’s bid for a private helispot was stymied yet again.
••• Winners and losers in the first mayoral debate.
••• Formerly homeless man now leading efforts to clean up camps.
••• Pro-development state senate bills move forward.
••• UCSB Arts and Lectures announces 2021-2022 season.
••• One 805 concert to benefit first responders.
••• Mandatory Covid-19 testing for all K-12 students in Santa Barbara Unified School District (above).
••• County employees to get vaccinated or regularly tested.
••• More on those big yachts moored here.
••• San Luis Obispo County mask mandate.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Santa Barbara Bowl insists on vaccination proof or a negative test.
••• H.E.R. to play the Bowl (above).
••• Gregory Alan Isakov in concert at the Lobero.
••• Channel Island Aviation has stopped serving the islands.
••• Free shoe shines at this Tuesday’s downtown art walk.
••• Mayoral and city council candidate forums.
••• “Where in Santa Barbara…?” answer.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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