FOOD STUFF
••• The new Lighthouse Coffee on Chapala is open.
••• State Street Coffee is moving to a bigger, more prominent location.
••• Roman-style pizzeria opening in San Roque.
••• Free flowers at Lucky Llama.
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JUST LISTED
This week’s noteworthy new listings: 21 acres between Summerland and Toro Canyon; spec renovation that went pending in a flash; supersized on Pepper Hill; mini-compound with contemporary flair; Hope Ranch starter home; Moody Sisters cottage on Periwinkle Lane; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• This year’s Santa Barbara County Fair has been canceled.
••• Field of Light at Sensorio reopens next week (above).
••• Improved Covid-19 metrics from the county.
••• Street sweeping and related parking reinforcement restarts June 15.
••• Armed robbery at Whole Foods.
••• Santa Cruz Island fire 90% contained.
••• Trouble at the city’s Community Development Department.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another timely mural has been painted on Haley Street.
••• San Ysidro Ranch has reopened to hotel guests, and the Four Seasons will do the same next month.
••• Seda Custom Skin Care opened on Coast Village Road.
••• Dairy farm estate sale this weekend.
••• Two recent sales of note.
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