Author: Erik Torkells

November 7, 2023

Plaza Rubio House Sells for $750,000 Over Asking Price

Last week's sales also include a Mediterranean on Lilac Drive; 1953 house "in a state of disrepair" on 5.53 acres in outer Carpinteria; Loma Alicia townhome off-market; 1958 Mesa house in “mostly original condition"; Lower Riviera three-bedroom; and more.

November 6, 2023

Why Is This Lot on Milpas Street Still Vacant?

"We'd love to find out the status of the vacant lot at Milpas and De La Guerra. It was a gas station decades ago, and I thought it was being decontaminated—but the process seems stalled. It's such a key corner for the Eastside." 2

November 5, 2023

Lookout Park Has Expanded

Plus: Hotel deals for locals and their guests; Light + Home's downtown pop-up; left-turn lane in the works for State and Mission; Google paid $16.8 million for Goleta land; another hotel changed hands; Ojai house tour; flamenco in a historic adobe; talk by the James Webb Space Telescope's lead project scientist. 1

Newsletter: November 5

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 1

November 3, 2023

Cielito Ranch House With a Freeform Swimming Pool

Noteworthy new listings also include a Lower Village Mediterranean; 1929 Spanish Colonial in the Upper East; adobe hacienda compound; architecture with a capital A in the Santa Ynez Valley; and more.

November 2, 2023

State Street Promenade to Get Bike Lanes Again

Other recent news: Montecito debris nets to be removed; UCSB officially pulls the plug on Munger Hall; new refillable store in Goleta; the Modoc Road Multi-Use Path makes progress; proposed expansion of the Tajiguas Landfill; ExxonMobil subsidiary wants to repair an oil pipeline rather than build a new one; fiddling with the boundary of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary; real estate commissions could be headed for a change; the tree of the month. 7

November 1, 2023

Bossie’s Kitchen Is Serving Breakfast

And that includes doughnuts! More food news: Azul says it should finally open soon; the Polo Club restaurant has closed; wine and hors d'oeuvres at an outpost of Renaud's; new forecast for the Dart café at the harbor; a Carpinteria icon is no more; reader question about the Goleta Beach restaurant; profile of Oliver's chef Manny Juan. 2

Newsletter: November 1

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October 31, 2023

San Roque Spec Reno Sells for $3.632 Million

Last week's sales also include a house with an imposing entrance in Birnam Wood; five-bedroom on San Antonio Creek Road; black Mission Canyon spec reno; Montecito Shores condo; and more.