GET OUT OF TOWN
Sleeping in style at Ojai’s new Hotel El Roblar: The town finally has a cool hotel—one that manages to feel both completely fresh and like it’s been there forever. Read the review.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1883 farmhouse on East Valley Road for $5.05 million; Park Highlands for over ask; renovation below Westmont College; Ashley Road vacant lot; fixer above Hendry’s Beach for $2.6 million off initial price; Hollister Ranch cabin; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another departure on Coast Village Road.
••• The rumored tenant of a prime space on Los Patos Way (above).
••• The Montecito Club would like to tear down the 1918 house next door.
••• Outdoor furniture for the Central Library plaza.
••• Ghirardelli is proposing giant sundae mosaics visible on State Street.
••• The Ritz-Carlton Bacara ended its spa deal for locals.
••• Return of the Cat Video Fest.
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