ODDS & ENDS
••• Athleta’s State Street store to close at year end.
••• Zipline park in the Santa Ynez Valley opens soon.
••• The Lofts at the Mill got final design approval.
••• Charley Crockett to play the Arlington Theatre.
••• The Community Environmental Council’s 10,000-square-foot collaborative space on State Street.
••• Update on the removal of fruit trees at Rancho San Carlos.
••• JustFoodForDogs to open in Goleta.
••• L.A. design pop-up in Santa Ynez.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Détente for Ty Warner and Four Seasons?
••• Room refresh at the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn (above).
••• The Santa Claus Lane Bikeway is open for the summer.
••• County supervisors tighten renovation laws.
••• Goodreads founders bought on Eucalyptus Hill.
••• The scourge of pickleball noise.
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