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February 17, 2020

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Newsletter: February 17

February 17, 2020|by Erik Torkells

JUST LISTED
Built in 1956, the double-wide house on Miramar Beach hasn’t changed hands in so long that last year’s property taxes were all of $7,573. Now it’s on the market for $17.9 million. Take a look around—and just imagine the house parties you could host there.

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THE FOOD SCENE
••• Roost restaurant has closed.
••• Scarlett Begonia is moving nearby.
••• A profile of the Daisy on State Street.
••• Delicious brown-butter breadsticks.
••• Sunshine Café no longer serves dinner.
••• Bree’osh has begun baking baguettes.
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PRICE CUTS
••• A cool contemporary house on a golf course (above).
••• Southern-style passion project on Picacho Lane.
••• Views-vs.-80s-design on the Riviera.
••• 1928 Tudor on three prime Montecito acres.
••• The 1929 estate that always reminds me of the board game Clue.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• Cannabis industry figures launch campaign attacking Laura Capps.
••• DEA agents raid San Ysidro Pharmacy.
••• City to eliminate left turns onto Cliff Drive.
••• Two Independent endorsements.
••• How Montecito sewage becomes “brand-name fertilizer.”
••• Half-naked trespasser.
••• Trump likely to veto act preserving Los Padres National Forest areas (above).
••• Wildfire-mitigation map.
••• Fact sheets proposed for newlyweds.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Santa Barbara Bowl announced two more concerts.
••• Rob Lowe’s one-man show at the Granada.
••• The county needs poll workers for the March 3 election.
••• Sweet Montecito house sold.
••• What happens to boats that run aground here.
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