••• A friend sent over a video (screenshot above) of a bear in his driveway at Sheffield and San Leandro in Montecito…. Update 7/28: And here’s another video.
••• The 23-apartment complex at 800 Santa Barbara Street (at the northeast corner of E. De La Guerra) is coming along.
••• From the Santa Barbara International Film Festival: “SBIFF’s second installment of Film Talk will feature Dani Rodriguez and Christine Meseer discussing their film Trail Heads with SBIFF’s programmer Audrey Arn on Thursday, July 30, at 6 p.m. The film shows us how after the Thomas Fire and subsequent mudslides, two opposing mountain biking and hiking communities came together to rebuild common ground.” Watch the 15-minute film and sign up for the Q&A.
••• I learned a new real-estate term: FROG, or finished room over garage, as used in an email by the broker for 117 Crestview.
••• This is a lovely idea. Perhaps we’ll see it in other neighborhoods.
••• 5295 Shoreline Drive, The 32-acre bluff-top property west of More Mesa that came on the market last month now has a price: $14.5 million.
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