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.
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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.
More food news: Labor-of-love Italian dessert restaurant coming to Paseo Nuevo; no signs of life online at the Kitchen incubator/restaurant; Goleta’s Gladden and Sons grocery store has closed; Capisce Market and Clevr pop-up this Saturday; Good Lion is working on another Ventura establishment; in praise of Gipsy Hill Bakery’s pears in pastry.
Burning Questions
- Why Are the Railroad Tracks Being Expanded Along Padaro Lane?
- Will You Explain the Plan to Adapt the Waterfront for Climate Change?
- Why Did the Rosewood Miramar Beach Install Gates?
- How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
- Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
- Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
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