FOOD STUFF
••• Mission City Sandwich Shop feels like a winner (above).
••• We Want the Funk has closed and La Lieff Winery is looking for a new food partner.
••• Rolld Ice Cream opens this weekend.
••• Takashi Ramen soft-opening date.
••• Zen Yai Thai has closed.
••• Rusty’s Pizza is returning to Isla Vista.
••• Ventura is getting an outpost of Corazón Cocina.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: An interior designer’s Provençal compound; foxy contemporary on the Mesa bluff; 10-acre equestrian estate in Toro Canyon; prime location off Hot Springs Road; sweet 1924 Spanish in Oak Park; century-old barn repurposed as a house; adorable Alta Mesa spec reno; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The threat of “South American theft groups.”
••• Renderings of the Sears apartment complex at La Cumbre Plaza (above).
••• New Goleta housing development to rent by the bed.
••• County supervisors might give themselves a raise.
••• CADA sold its E. Haley building.
••• Possible funding cuts to local public radio.
••• Meghan Markle renamed her forthcoming lifestyle brand.
••• Cold Spring Canyon bridge history.
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