Newsletter: December 22

FOOD STUFF
••• A popular Malibu seafood restaurant plans to open in Santa Barbara.
••• Corazón’s outpost at the Project has closed.
••• A local restaurant requires proof of vaccination or a negative test for indoor dining.
••• Padaro Beach Grill reopening forecast.
••• XO Burger expands its hours.
••• A profile of Sideyard Shrubs.
••• Peasant Deli’s soft-opening pop-ups.
••• The area’s Habit fast-food joints have been sold.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: $26.5 million for Sea Meadow oceanfront; an E. Mountain Drive house with parking for 23 cars; a Hope Ranch flip; off-market in Birnam Wood; a cutie on Eucalyptus Hill; vacant land on the Lower Riviera; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• 250-room Funk Zone hotel shows signs of life.
••• Al Franken will be at the Lobero.
••• Trombone Shorty’s Voodoo Threauxdown coming to the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• The history of Santa Claus Lane.
••• Funky Hope Ranch barn house gets another big price cut.
••• Container ships off the coast.
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BURNING QUESTIONS
Last January, Santa Barbara Junior High’s historic wooden flagpole had to be removed after someone tried to cut it down with a saw. When will it be replaced? Here’s the answer.

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