Newsletter: February 27

JUST LISTED: BY THE ARCHITECT OF THE BILTMORE, BELLOSGUARDO, AND LOTUSLAND
This large 1920 estate in Montecito’s Hedgerow is almost entirely single-level and decorated to the nines, with a killer treehouse out back. Take a look around.

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NEWS DIGEST
••• Point Mugu chosen as possible coronavirus quarantine location.
••• State assembly candidates’ debate turns ugly.
••• More donations for Das Williams’s reelection.
••• Developer sentenced to nine years for fraud.
••• Carbajal hopes to ban new oil and gas drilling.
••• Carbajal’s Republican challenger.
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THE FOOD SCENE
••• Montecito’s Bree’osh bakery is opening an outpost in Santa Barbara.
••• Signage is up at Lighthouse Coffee’s forthcoming downtown café.
••• Field + Fort has added a bunch of outdoor seating.
••• Plow & Angel no longer serves its locals’ specials outside.
••• Costco food courts will be off-limits to non-members.
••• Plant-based tasting menu at Caruso’s.
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GOOD HOUSEPEEKING
Highlights of this weekend’s open-house lineup: 1975 mountain-view hideaway ready for its makeover; midcentury style in Hope Ranch; family-friendly renovation on Sycamore Canyon Road; wide views and a private yoga studio in Summerland; 1940s Samarkand house with a contemporary interior.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• Owner of three dry cleaners resists push to hand over customers’ data.
••• Bright Eyes will play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Slow-motion video of last weekend’s hailstorm.
••• Two recent sales of note.
••• Forest bathing class at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.
••• The pros and cons of a Cielito spec renovation (above).
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