JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A $46.5 million showstopper from Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi; a Picacho Lane estate for $45 million and a boxy neighbor three doors down; sunken indoor-outdoor bar in Birnam Wood; midcentury next to Knowlwood Tennis Club; 1921 Upper East cottage; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Chamber music at Bellosguardo.
••• Another Los Alamos landmark is for sale.
••• Screening of film about the origins of Plaza Rubio.
••• Guided tarantula walk.
••• The Courtyard by Marriott’s roof deck (above).
••• John Evans paintings at Caldwell Snyder.
••• Arts District get-together.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara proposes painful regulations for restaurant parklets.
••• Carpinteria votes to allow parklets.
••• Santa Barbara is said to be mulling an increase in the hotel tax.
••• Santa Barbara County is considering three new taxes.
••• Commuter train service from Ventura County is in the works.
••• Gate installed at the Hot Springs trailhead.
••• Two regional banks have merged.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Recent Comments
Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan