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July 21, 2024

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Newsletter: July 21

July 21, 2024|by Erik Torkells

NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The State Street Advisory Committee can’t reach a consensus.
••• Progress on containing the Lake Fire.
••• Popular campgrounds suffered little fire damage.
••• Santa Barbara and Goleta working together on airport noise.
••• Back-in angled parking in Old Town Goleta.
••• Fiesta carnival nixed.
••• The folks hoping to build on Hot Springs Trail share their point of view.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Greek-inspired contemporary overlooking the Pacific; renovated Upper East grande dame; livability on the Riviera; Hope Ranch split personality; likely loss on Coyote Road; another shot at $4 million on the Mesa; full share in Hollister Ranch; and a five-bedroom off San Antonio Creek Road.

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FOOD STUFF
••• The Palace Grill is closing after 39 years.
••• Old Town Coffee and Buena Onda have left Mosaic Locale.
••• Poke House has opened.
••• Changes could be coming to the Breakwater Restaurant at the harbor.
••• New food options at the Tyler x Lieu Dit tasting room.
••• More on the upgrading of Moby Dick.
••• Intermezzo launched Sunday brunch.
••• The city keeps jerking around The Daisy.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A slew of improvements to Haley Street.
••• Concerts by Lucinda Williams, Kacey Musgraves, and Los Lobos.
••• Maui shop has opened on State Street.
••• A chance to learn curling.
••• Updates on the Cold Springs trail and W. Mountain Drive slip-out repair.
••• Fiesta exhibit at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum (above).
••• The construction project by the Patterson Avenue off-ramp.
••• Who bought the former St. Anthony’s Seminary?
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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