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Experience Santa Barbara County Through Two Timeless Properties

Would you rather have a Palladian-style residence with ocean views and abundant orchards or a five-bedroom Mediterranean adjacent to 36 acres of protected open space?

Fresco at the Market Opens Today at the Santa Barbara Public Market

More food news: Silvers Omakase earned a Michelin star; first look at the menus for Seoulmate Kitchen, coming soon to the Public Market; taste-testing Lily’s Donuts; Bar Lou added a bar menu; Tutti Frutti Farms profile; two new restaurants in Ojai.

Your Soundtrack to Summer: Music Academy of the West’s 2025 Summer Music Festival

Eight exhilarating weeks of world-class performances, masterclasses, and immersive experiences featuring the next generation of classical musicians alongside leading artists of today.

1932 Reginald Johnson in the Golden Quadrangle Sells for $10.25 Million

Last week’s sales also include a Birnam Wood contemporary; 1925 Riviera Tudor by Winsor Soule; Cape Cod five-bedroom next to the Hope Ranch tennis courts; one of Lutah Maria Riggs’s lesser works; 1928 floops in Hope Ranch; 1940 Mediterranean on the Lower Riviera; Upper East off-market; and more.

A Music Festival Is Coming to the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club

Plus: Two new boutiques selling women’s apparel; Mācher‘s Linden Square shop opens this week; another development site in the Haley Street Corridor?; the state of the Tesla chargers at the Miramar resort; new local streaming radio station; awkward typography on the San Ysidro Road off-ramp sign; ZZ Top to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; pronouncing “jacaranda.”

Nearly 200 Housing Units Proposed for the Carpinteria Bluffs

The previous plan for a hotel and regenerative farm, despised by locals, is starting to look pretty good.

Where in Santa Barbara…?

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

Supercool Midcentury in the Heart of Montecito

Noteworthy new listings also include the 1931 George Washington Smith house at the end of Plaza Rubio; Montecito one-bedroom for $5.7 million; bluff-front hexadecagon next to the Thousand Steps; Hope Ranch renovation; 1898 Lower Riviera compound; beautiful floors in Mission Canyon; high-design ADU on the Mesa; and more.