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Locals: Save 30% on Your Hotel Stay in Santa Barbara

Rediscover the magic of Santa Barbara with this exclusive offer created just for residents of the Santa Barbara South Coast: a 30% discount on stays through February 2024 at select world-class hotels, resorts and vacation rentals. And it’s not just for you to enjoy—extend the invitation to friends and family visiting for the holidays.

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.

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.”

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.

Where in Santa Barbara…?

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

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.

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.

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.