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A Dozen Price Cuts Totaling Nearly $2.5 Million

The week’s top price reductions include Tuscan mansions, a beachside cottage, an Upper East grande dame, a couple of midcentury opportunities, and much more.

The Original Barton Myers Glass-and-Steel House

In 1995, architect Barton Myers bought 38 acres in Toro Canyon for $500,000, choosing the site for the first of his trademark steel-and-glass houses. Now he has put it on the market for $8.2 million.

A House Finally Broke the $10 Million Barrier in 2020

Plus: First look at Santa Barbara City College’s new physical education building; Montecito Association wants to get aggressive about masks; Allen Construction offers to help local businesses for free; city to enforce timed parking again.

Semana Nautica and Reef & Run Have Been Canceled

Other recent news: Checking in on the State Street situation; forthcoming guidance on reopening fitness facilities; Board of Supervisors to vote on cannabis reform; Ventura beaches reopening to sunbathers; Bossie the Cow got painted gold; missing ducks found; California Mid-State Fair canceled; plan to drill new wells abandoned.

The Market for Turnkey Montecito Is White-Hot

Other noteworthy new listings: Fairytale French in the Hedgerow; ten acres where San Roque meets Mission Canyon; spec renovation with grand ambitions; ocean and mountain views above Summerland; Cape Cod house with a she-shed out back; why you need a broker.

Hair Salons Are Allowed to Reopen

Other recent news: Proposed new water rates in various local districts; new Santa Barbara school superintendent; Chumash Casino reopening soon; Trump administration approved a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Wine-Tasting Rooms Temporarily Allowed to Serve Food

More food news: Twenty-Four Blackbirds is selling ice cream on weekends; the Tuesday farmers’ market has moved a block north; $20 bottles of local wine at Handlebar; Savoy Café has the city’s first parklet; semi-updated list of restaurants with dine-in service.

State Street Will Be Closed to Cars All Summer

It’s the best thing to happen to downtown Santa Barbara in recent memory.