When I mentioned to some friends that I was going to explore the Haley Corridor on foot, they laughed in that knock-yourself-out way. But I loved it: the area feels like a backstage counterpoint to the show over on State Street.
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Other noteworthy new listings include a baroque villa high above Montecito; a $16.75 million Picacho Lane flip; Mediterranean that went pending fast; and a sweet 1948 house walking distance to the Upper Village.
Plus: Opening date for the San Ysidro Creek Bridge; Birnam Wood house raises its price by $1.6 million; “Pattern Recognition” at Sullivan Goss; La Segunda’s terrific eye for vintage.
Other recent news: Update on the effort to stop development next to the San Marcos Foothills Preserve; James Joyce III joins the mayoral race; Peanuts Maternity & Kids shop is closing; commercial eviction moratorium extended; adapting Goleta Beach Park to rising sea levels; new thrift store in Goleta.
More food news: Restaurants continue to reopen for outside dining; more space at the Lark and more service at Bettina; introducing “Santa Barbara County’s only luxury brownie business”; Barbareño launched dinner kits; two healthier takes on a burrito; State Street Coffee is on a break.
Plus: The Channel Islands are open again; explaining the past year in Santa Barbara real estate; another award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; street sweeping to resume; wherefore the bells toll.
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Everything continues to sell—high, low, turnkey, and not. Among the interesting properties to change hands: a Hedgerow charmer, the weirdest house on the Riviera, a split personality in Birnam Wood, a Hope Ranch fixer in its first time on the market in 70 years, and a cute 1936 house on a secret downtown street.
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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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