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Last week’s sales also include a Hope Ranch flip; Santecito Drive house that could use another bathroom; midcentury in upper San Roque; three-bedroom Casitas de la Riviera condo; small Riviera fixer; and more.
Plus: What’s happening at the former barre studio on De La Vina; a new music store in Goleta; Figueroa Mountain wildflower tip; Ikat and Pearls has opened a Carpinteria boutique; Cove House’s next renovation project; Heritage Goods & Supply wrote a book for kids; Ryan Adams and the Cardinals in concert.
The streets around Diana Road and Diana Lane, where quintessential Santa Barbara architect Alex D’Alfonso built a microneighborhood, make for some of the city’s most rewarding walking.
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Noteworthy new listings also include an Ortega Ridge sprawler; “as is” 1970s architecture on the Riviera; oodles of character in a new-ish San Roque house; what used to be Ray and Joan Kroc’s Santa Ynez Valley ranch; and more.
Other recent news: The Santa Barbara City Council can’t make up its mind about State Street parklet fees; Carpinteria Salt Marsh trails and beach access closed till June; park turtles to be relocated; Santa Claus Lane upgrade moves forward; recap of the debate over the proposed hotel at 101 Garden Street; Carrizo Plain superbloom photos.
The new sister restaurant of Los Agaves and Santo Mezcal is focused on Mexican street food, with a menu that makes no concessions to novices and a line out the door.

















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