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Four-Cottage Compound at Miramar Beach Nets a $3 Million Pandemic Premium

Last week’s notable sales also included a beachfront condo in Rincon, a Campanil house in need of reinvention, yet another Hope Ranch fixer; a lucrative vacant-lot flip, and more.

First Impressions of Bar Le Côte

More food news: The menu at Coast Range’s dining room, which is really opening this week; a funky new Westside taqueria; Dune appears to be opening a second Goleta café; farm-to-table pizzeria coming to Ojai; Itsuki Japanese Restaurant in Goleta has closed.

48-Unit Apartment Building Proposed for the Haley Corridor

Plus: A new look for the Montecito Country Mart; Beautyhabit is opening a shop here; Warren Miller’s 72nd film to be screened at the Lobero; the new contemporary house on Butterfly Lane; an updated rendering of Summerland Elementary School.

Governor Newsom Signs Housing Bills That Could Make Neighborhoods Much Denser

Other recent news: The renovation of Ortega Park finally moves forward; unanticipated drop in cannabis-tax revenues; county considers more stringent cannabis permitting; the rumored settlement for Santa Barbara’s transportation chief; the unvaccinated dominate local Covid hospitalizations; Goleta formalizes in-lieu fees for affordable housing; Carpinteria is shifting to electing its city council by district; new water stations at Alameda and Shoreline parks; dangerous citrus pest found in Santa Barbara County; 82-unit apartment complex on Milpas gets approved.

Where in Santa Barbara…?

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

An Eastside House Where It’s Still 1956

Noteworthy new listings also include a chilly contemporary in the Golden Quadrangle; panoramic views in Mission Canyon; 10 acres above San Roque; an Oak Park multiplex; and a fixer on the back of the Riviera.

There’s a Kin Bakeshop Doughnut Pop-Up This Saturday

More food news: The revamped Corazón Cocina outpost at the Project; this year’s Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival has been canceled; in praise of the Good Plow’s fried oyster mushrooms; a profile of farmer Pearl Munak; quasi-recipe for Field + Fort’s shakshuka.

Jake & Jones Is Hosting a Big Market at the Presidio

Plus: The forest closure has been extended; local jewelry brand opening a store downtown; the Montecito Motor Classic is coming up; screening of a film about Black cowboys in L.A.; last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?” answer.