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Last week’s sales also included an East Valley Road house embedded amid oaks; a Hollister Ranch cottage; a Lower Riviera house that comes with four one-bedroom apartments; 6.84 acres above Summerland; and more.
Plus: Santa Barbara’s Parade of Lights is back on this year; a new rendering of the SoMo Funk development taking over an entire Funk Zone block; Hot Springs spec house pre-sells for a big number; good news about the Highway 101 construction ramp reopenings; bluff landslide in Isla Vista; online Q&A with actor Christopher Lloyd; $4 million price cut for Butterfly Beach house.
More food news: Handlebar broke through to the space next door; Italian dessert shop Zio & Sweet has opened; Corazón Cocina is opening a spinoff in the Public Market; Good Cup café on State Street has closed; meal-delivery company Simple Feast is now serving the area; panettone season at Aperitivo; Ruff House Barbecue to be at new Ventura concert venue; what’s up with the former 805 Hazy & Deli?
“I wanted a creative and colab space where you can also hang out and grab a drink,” says STUDIO founder Jeremy Wilson. “It’s a bar, production space, and soundroom. It will offer experiments in liquid, light, and sound.”
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Noteworthy new listings also include new construction in Hope Ranch; an 1885 cottage in the Brinkerhoff Avenue Landmark District; Ortega Ridge neoclassical; spectacular views from a midcentury house on Alameda Padre Serra; and a cute 1920 Craftsman bungalow on the Westside.
Other recent news: Santa Barbara County bought an Isla Vista building for the homeless; county Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies are resisting vaccination and testing; a survey of hitching posts in Santa Barbara; a 32,000-square-foot bowling alley is opening in Oxnard.
“While walking on State Street the other night, I noticed that the top of the Paseo Nuevo tower was lit up inside, but I couldn’t tell why,” asked S.
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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