Plus: Over-the-top Valentine’s Day decorations on Foothill Road; plans to tear down a 20-year-old estate on Picacho Lane; the 747 Designs shop is having a big sale before it closes; this year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival slate; a revised take on a big Eucalyptus Hill house.
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Other recent news: Horrifying story of dog grooming gone wrong; Ty Warner has appealed the Biltmore’s tax assessment; downtown housing for the homeless moves forward; the fight over a cannabis greenhouse near Carpinteria High School; a mirror-and-glass cube on Airbnb; Nancy Travis to star in a one-person show.
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Noteworthy new listings also include a 1931 Edwards & Plunkett on a classic Lower Riviera cul-de-sac; a shnookums in the Hedgerow; 1924 house on a swell Las Alturas perch; a winner on El Cielito; and more.
More food news: Profile of Wine Cask and Intermezzo, with an update on the Gold Room; work is underway at the Cliff Room on the Mesa; Your Choice’s banh mi pop-up this Saturday; what chef Budi Kazali is up to these days.
Plus: The Hotel Indigo in the Funk Zone has been rebranded; new State Street gallery will showcase 20th-century decorative arts; an update on the Bungalo805 private club for parents and kids; Rebelution to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; a one-way block of Anacapa Street will be changed to two-way; Capisce pop-up this Saturday; answer to last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
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Last week’s sales also included a likely teardown on the Riviera that went for $1.3 million over ask; Campanil fixer with neat views; a bunch of flips; downtown townhome for $3.4 million; Hope Ranch flip in the making; and many more.
Other recent news: Sound walls removed from the Montecito segment of the Highway 101 revamp; more on the Courtyard by Marriott coming to State Street; Gaviota rest areas will finally reopen; turmoil at the Santa Barbara Humane Society; urchin diver survives five hours in the ocean.
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