FOOD STUFF
••• Korean-inspired food coming to the Santa Barbara Public Market.
••• Carpinteria’s IHOP to close.
••• Two scrumptious new sandwiches at Tina’s Pizza (above).
••• Ospi parking clarification.
••• Weekend brunch at Validation Ale in the Funk Zone.
••• Eco-promotion at Dune Coffee Roasters.
••• Pascucci has moved further up State Street.
••• Drover’s Doughnuts has a new Solvang shop and Goleta in the oven.
••• Ventura Pinyon is on the verge of opening.
••• Vices & Spices profile.
••• Cool kids’ party with Silvers Omakase, Bibi Ji, Creaminal, and Randy’s Spammy’s.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Mission-inspired home on Mount Calvary Road; big and turnkey way above E. Mountain Drive; another one in Summerland’s Montecito Ranch community; renovated French Regency in Birnam Wood; spec renos near the Upper Village, in Alta Mesa, and in Mission Canyon; Lower Riviera mystery; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Music Academy of the West has plans for a downtown hub (above).
••• Traffic collisions were up in 2024.
••• Remembering journalist Barney Brantingham.
••• Rival rodeos this summer.
••• The Carpinteria Community Pool is headed for a big renovation.
••• UCSB’s pokey search for a new chancellor.
••• The tree of the month.
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