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July 9, 2025

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Newsletter: July 9

July 9, 2025|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• Inside the huge new vintage store on State Street.
••• More vintage and minimalist leather in the Funk Zone.
••• Estate sale pop-ups.
••• Goodwill’s donation center on Milpas has closed.
••• Real estate agent promoting negotiable fees.
••• Fred Armisen to play the Lobero.
••• New art gallery downtown.
••• More sloppy road signage.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Fashion designer’s Montecito villa for $13 million; Monterey Colonial off-market; 1961 house near the rear entrance to San Ysidro Ranch; Glen Oaks with remnant of the 1895 Stanford White estate; half of a Sea Meadow duplex; Riviera with curb appeal; 1860 Hedgerow house; West Mesa bluff-front for $5.57 million; 1904 Upper East grande dame; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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BURNING QUESTIONS
“It looks like the San Ysidro Debris Basin is done. Can you ask an engineer what the point of the three structures is?” The answer.

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