Newsletter: May 9

JUST LISTED
The week’s noteworthy new listings: Riviera midcentury with quirky interiors; a mix of contemporary and exotic way up the mountain; Vegas-style neoclassical with 35-car motor court; privacy near San Ysidro Ranch; cute downtown cottage with even cuter artist studio.

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FOOD STUFF
••• Field + Fort and the Pickle Room are reopening.
••• Acme Hospitality’s depressing survey about the possible future of dining out.
••• The emerging network of groups helping to feed the vulnerable.
••• Early hours at Dune Coffee Roasters.
••• Bettina’s new pizza.
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NORDSTROM WILL CLOSE ITS SANTA BARBARA STORE
Given the state of retail even before the Covid-19 nightmare, the closing of Nordstrom can hardly come as a shock—except perhaps to Paseo Nuevo, which assured everyone just last week that “Nordstrom isn’t going anywhere.”

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WEATHER FORECAST
“The cooling continues today, and the fog will begin to creep into more areas, but Santa Barbara should remain clear,” says Jack Martin of Action Roofing. “On Sunday, we’ll see fog in some areas, but still a nice day in the low 70s. We really start to cool off next week: low pressure will move in Monday night, and we might have a chance of drizzle Tuesday and Wednesday. We’ll watch how this all develops, but expect May gray next week and much cooler temps, with highs in the upper 60s and low 70s inland.” Email [email protected] to receive daily updates.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The county seeks volunteers for Covid-19 response team.
••• “For lease” sign at Treat skincare in Arlington Plaza.
••• Cleaner trailheads thanks to Montecito Trails Foundation and MarBorg.
••• Changes proposed to the city’s Historic Resources Ordinance.
••• Grants to arts non-profits.
••• SBIFF interview with the writer-director of The Half of It.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• New hotel coming to Lower State Street (above).
••• Hollister Ranch fire has burned 200 acres.
••• How the I Madonnari festival will work this year.
••• UCSB pushes all summer classes online.
••• Goleta now requires face masks in any essential business.
••• Randall Road Debris Basin update.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price reductions: Montecito compound with a dreamy garden; half of a historic 1930s building downtown that got split into condos; 10,000-square-foot property now $2 million less; sweet house with freeway issues; what $2.5 million buys in central Montecito; one of the cooler houses in Hope Ranch.

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