Newsletter: August 18

ODDS & ENDS
••• Progress at San Ysidro Ranch’s botanical garden (above).
••• The network of paths in lower Franceschi Park.
••• Checking in on two architecturally noteworthy houses on E. Mountain Drive.
••• Tina Schlieske Quintet to play the Lobero Theatre.
••• Covet/Cherval Studio shop has closed.
••• Potential development across from the Public Market.
••• Drift hotel now has an event space next door.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1930 farmhouse with contemporary swagger; 1970s modernism in Cielito; bright and airy on Coronada Circle; Shoreline Drive curb appeal; Upper East spec reno; an actual log cabin; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• A chilly reception for the Biltmore’s family pool complex.
••• The arrogance of the U.S. Space Force.
••• Beach grooming debate.
••• UCSB chancellor Henry Yang will step down.
••• The candidates for Santa Barbara’s city council.
••• The men behind the street names near the airport.
••• Questions about the Lobero Theatre’s proposed expansion.
••• Downtown condo owners caught in the new Community Benefit Improvement District.
••• Refugio State Beach reopened.
••• Dreaming big about the former U.S. Bank branch on State Street (above).
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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