Plus: Bodega Los Alamos is expecting another vacation rental; improvements at Summerland gas station; an attempt to regulate telecom infrastructure; no more Price Cuts posts; any ideas on how to donate a new door?
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This week’s noteworthy new listings also include a 10,000-square-foot mansion way up the hill in Montecito; a handful of snazzy Upper East spec renovations; historical quirkiness on Riven Rock Road; and more.
Other recent news: Carpinteria residents oppose the plan for a new hotel on Linden Avenue; Santa Barbara County wants visitors and residents who have been out of town to quarantine for two weeks; serious upgrades at two high schools.
Including at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Dylan Star’s parking lot, and the Dart Coffee Garden. Plus: Santa Claus Lane overhaul appears delayed; possible subdivision of 12.77-acre Montecito property; a maskless man’s contrition.
More food news: Venus in Furs has changed up its menu and now offers Barb’s pizza seven days a week; half off subscriptions from Coastal Coffee Collective; Italian panettone at Aperitivo; two cookies worth seeking out.
The week’s notable sales also included a fabulous 1913 Craftsman in the Upper East, Tuscan pastiche on Hidden Valley Lane, two houses on Whitney Avenue in Summerland, and more.
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The best restaurant on the Central Coast announced the chef of its forthcoming establishment and let slip that it’s trying to grown into a “compound” by taking over the vacant lot next door.
Other recent news: The buyers of houses by Barton Myers and George Washington Smith; Nesbitt mansion yanked from the auction block; progress for the Randall Road Debris Basin; new retail planned for Summerland; congressional candidate Andy Caldwell thinks he actually won.
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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