Newsletter: August 31

WELCOME WAGON
Aegean soft-opens this weekend on De La Guerra Plaza. “I have Greek and Turkish blood,” says chef Efe Onglu. “A friend once said that I should open a ‘flagless Aegean restaurant’—no ‘Greek,’ no ‘Turkish.’” It took a few years—and travels around the world—but here it finally is.

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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: The mansion of Hope Ranch Annex; zhushfest on East Valley Road; divorcé special in the Upper Village; renovated 1902 Queen Anne just above Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden; TV Hill Mediterranean; Hedgerow starter home; Rancho Guacamole; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Record number of UCSB students.
••• Staircase ad at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
••• City might buy Cacique Street homeless center.
••• Tecolote Bookshop celebrates its 100th anniversary.
••• Ship simulator at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.
••• Metrolink service from Ventura County delayed.
••• Possible alien invasion.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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