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March 23, 2025

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Newsletter: March 23

March 23, 2025|by Erik Torkells

GET OUT OF TOWN
With five million people living in the Phoenix metropolitan area, there has to be something interesting to do—besides play golf or lie by a pool—for a few days, right?

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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Traditional gem in the Golden Quadrangle; spare renovation on School House Lane; foothill hacienda; dark, shingled, and woodsy on Eucalyptus Hill; spec reno at the heart of the San Roque spiderweb; two Montecito condos; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Longstanding Carpinteria surf shop to close (above).
••• Santa Barbara considers disincentivizing landlords to renovate.
••• Teacher layoffs by the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
••• County to increase oversight of battery storage systems.
••• “Restraining Order Violation” in Montecito.
••• More studies of noise impacts of space launches.
••• Cannabis farms required to install carbon scrubbers.
••• Lawsuit by residents affected by cannabis stench granted class-action status.
••• Cannabis farm goes bankrupt.
→ Read the post.

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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Just Listed

  • Storybook Mini-Compound in a Prime Montecito Location
  • Megaterranean on 10 Acres in Carpinteria’s Rancho Monte Alegre
  • A Stunner on a Montecito Cul-de-Sac
  • Jeff Shelton’s Pistachio House in Downtown Santa Barbara
  • Chic New Construction Off Picacho Lane

Recent Comments

Me too. It was such a bad decision to close it. — Sue Sadler

Thank you for copying and pasting from the article I just read. — Chet

Really missing Stella Mare — Rhona

That's his job? Since when? — jl

Asana has ~$8 billion in assets under management. Given the jaw dropping figure and their current portfolio, expect chains like Warby Parker. Not exactly Montecito/SB… — J

I primarily read this for the snarky comments — D

Amen! After what they did to the prior tenants, not to mention the gym and Stella Mares — Jen

From everything I’ve read, the State of California did not grant a penny toward this street art project. The $100k grant is from the Bloomberg… — Pat

With Runyon selling The Post, do we know if they are going to continue to develop “Platform” on the SE corner at Garden and E… — Curtis

We stand with Delores Huerta (co-founder of United Farmworkers). As a Pasadena teenager active during the early days of the Grape Boycott, I wanted to… — Susan Gordon

Restaurant News

  • Opening Date for the Bar/Shop Called Beau
  • A New Restaurant Space in Carpinteria
  • Rincon Brewery’s Funk Zone Outpost Is Closing
  • Yetz’s Bagels Opens in Goleta Tomorrow
  • Carpinteria’s Food Liaison Is Closing Its Cafe

Popular Posts

  • Large Gym to Open in Downtown Santa Barbara 10.1k views

  • A New Restaurant Space in Carpinteria 8.1k views

  • Rincon Brewery’s Funk Zone Outpost Is Closing 6.9k views

  • La Ligne Is Opening at the Montecito Country Mart 6.5k views

  • Yetz’s Bagels Opens in Goleta Tomorrow 6.2k views

  • The U.S. Postal Service Wants to Leave the Montecito Country Mart 5.8k views

  • Jeff Shelton’s Pistachio House in Downtown Santa Barbara 5.8k views

Walk With Me

  • The Manifold Splendors of Mid-State
  • The Westmontish Region of Montecito
  • The Arty Heart of Downtown Santa Barbara
  • A Five-Block Adventure in Downtown Ventura
  • East Meets West on Mountain Drive
  • On Summerland’s Western Fringe
  • Higher Education on the Mesa

Burning Questions

  • How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
  • Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
  • Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
  • What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
  • When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
  • What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
  • Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?

Get Out of Town

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