Plus: The renovation of Lookout Park’s east end is complete; Sullivan Goss’s popular annual “100 Grand” show opens next week; help remove “non-native noxious weeds” from the frontcountry.
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Let’s explore Coast Village Circle, the loop that runs between Coast Village Road and the freeway.
Other recent news: Los Angeles County to pause outdoor dining; curfew instituted for Santa Barbara County; Vandenberg Air Force Base didn’t make the U.S. Space Command cut; bike-sharing enrollment kiosks to be nine feet tall; $51 million in new financing for Kate Farms.
Here’s a first look at the menus for both restaurants. More food news: Mochi doughnut maker ramping up this week; more on the new Yona Redz taqueria; marvelously packaged Beato Chocolates from Ojai.
The week’s other notable sales include a Mediterranean villa high up the hill, a pretty renovation on the Riviera, a 1920 George Washington Smith house, and 55 acres off Highway 154.
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The San Francisco–based designer casts functional objects in resin, creating organic shapes in colors across the spectrum.
Plus: Renovated midcentury available for rent; the Montecito section of the Highway 101 widening project was denied funding for now; new grading regulations; MarBorg’s Christmas gift to you.
Also newly reduced: A pair of beachfront properties, misbegotten architecture on the Riviera, a Birnam Wood house with two personalities, and a tile lover’s dream.
Other recent news: County Board of Supervisors wants churches to be more open; water treatment plant to get Tesla batteries; progress on making parking kiosks automated; debris nets extended; Olive Mill roundabout moves forward; sonic boom this Saturday; time to stop obsessing over cleaning surfaces.
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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