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Last week’s sales also include: Via Manana compound for $800,000 over ask; Hope Ranch three-bedroom off market; 1905 Craftsman where the Upper East meets the Lower Riviera; and more.
Plus: UCSB says Munger Hall is still on; big Summerland block party this Saturday; clothing boutique opening on Lillie Avenue; new tar-removal product; two exhibits at Sullivan & Goss; upcoming email blast about retail news.
Other recent news: UCSB is said to have pulled the plug on its monstrous dorm; Sonos is moving its headquarters to Goleta; is the Santa Barbara News-Press’s print edition dead for good?; favorable reaction to 37-unit W. Carrillo Street project; investigating the remnants of Japan’s 1942 attack at Timbers; no reopening estimate for Highway 1 near Big Sur; pilot program for a downtown tourist trolley.
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Noteworthy new listings also include 13,231-square-footer off the Hot Springs Trailhead; new ocean-view construction in Hollister Ranch and Ventura; revamped design for rebuilding Richard Neutra’s Slavin House on the Riviera; West Mesa spec reno; and more.
More food news: Mister Softee is coming downtown; Sushi by Scratch Restaurants lost its Michelin star; Foxtail Kitchen to change name and concept; street kitchen on the State Street Promenade; update on Ocean Fathoms’s legal trouble; Santa Barbara Vintners Festival is in October; the tipping conundrum at Sama Sama.
Plus: San Roque’s Skin Deep is in new hands; a visit to the refreshed Sacred Space; Caruso has introduced a loyalty program; more housing for the homeless.
Who hasn’t seen the car-boat hybrid driving around and wondered what the experience is like?
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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