The Siteline newsletter is the best way to follow the website. To subscribe, click the link at the bottom of this post. And you can unsubscribe at any time.
Blog
One year ago, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi bought Dennis Miller’s Picacho Lane compound for $49 million—and now they’ve turned around and sold it for a nice profit.
Last week’s notable sales also included a two-bedroom cottage on an oceanfront cul-de-sac; sweeping views on Pepper Hill; a Mesa house with one of the cooler outbuildings in town; and a cutie up in Mission Canyon.
“Every time I drive on Laguna Street, I wonder why traffic is pushed outward as you approach Ortega Street.” asks K. The city’s traffic engineers have an explanation.
Other recent news: Santa Barbara County Planning Commission recommends denial of ExxonMobil project; who paid $28 million for Scooter Braun’s Montecito estate; downtown landlord urges city to consider former St. Mary’s Seminary for homeless housing; how the mayoral candidates are faring; Cathedral Oaks road repair; Goleta to ban flavored tobacco products; Isla Vista and the imminent county redistricting; Vandenberg Space Force Base reopened beaches on base property.
The Siteline newsletter is the best way to follow the website. To subscribe, click the link at the bottom of this post. And you can unsubscribe at any time.
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!)
With a local presence and national reach, VivaHire works with CEOs, business owners, and HR executives to provide a pool of highly qualified, interested candidates to choose from.
Noteworthy new listings also include midcentury lines on Padaro Beach, quaintness on Eucalyptus Hill, a turnkey 1930 Spanish bungalow, East Coast style on State Street, and more.

















Recent Comments
In looking at aerial views of 3218 Campanil Drive - it looks like it is somehow connected to the other new build, 820 Centinela, up… — SB
I agree. What an odd choice for the cover — J
I hope that the owner of 806 divulges all of the history on that flip house to prospective buyers as required by law. — Pythia
The master bed was positioned towards the “‘motor court” to have the best possible view of our teenage boys sneaking out in a 1992 Geo… — Bruce Giffin
While the picture is just a rendering, hopefully that big beautiful box on the roof is a back up generator as I second the motion… — TJ
The Carl Maston house is amazing. Plywood is due for a comeback. — A
When will Caltrans landscape the new Montecito section of the 101 similar to what was installed in Carp? — Greg