Newsletter: May 19

ODDS & ENDS
••• The four potential designs for Franceschi Park (above).
••• After 40 years, Wendy Foster is leaving downtown Santa Barbara.
••• The Biltmore resort pushed its opening way back.
••• Proposed changes to a trio of Summerland buildings.
••• A bunch of upcoming performances, including Ali Wong and Toad the Wet Sprocket.
••• Goleta’s Clay Studio has changed its name.
••• The lineup for the French Wave Film Festival.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Prime Montecito estate ready to be glammed up; renovated 1965 spread in Hope Ranch; textbook California cottage in the outer Hedgerow; sweet ranch house on Eucalyptus Hill; Plaza Rubio two-bedroom that looks like a value; Disney designer’s Ojai retreat; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• City council rejects proposal for paid street parking.
••• More on the two new pools the Biltmore is building in its front yard.
••• SpaceX continues to flout Coastal Commission policies.
••• Rise in rattlesnake bites.
••• County supervisors are rethinking cannabis taxation.
••• A surge in sick brown pelicans.
••• Billy Baldwin and Chynna Phillips put their house on the market.
••• Carpinteria photo archive is now online.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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