COMING ATTRACTIONS
The 32 restaurants expected to open in coming months: beachfront dining, high-end sushi, a fresh take on the corner store, doughnuts, upmarket Mexican, an oyster bar, and much more are on the menu this year.
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HOT PROPERTY
The Palms building in Carpinteria is starting an interesting new chapter. Last week’s sales also include a 1.8-acre Ennisbrook lot with approved plans; 1939 compound on Eucalyptus Hill; off-market Campanil Drive house; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A dramatic upgrade for the Garden Street hotel conversion (above).
••• The Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival is coming up.
••• 22 RV cabins and 17 yurts proposed west of the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.
••• An especially good year to celebrate SYV Pride.
••• The Mariachi Festival returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Street-sign typos.
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