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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Recent Comments
They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A
Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR
The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR
Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK
It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells
The state is going to force housing on communities that don't plan for it. Carpinteria can either shape what gets built here or wait for… — BrR