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The Draft Plan for State Street Is Complicated

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Other recent news: Could Anacapa and Chapala be made two-way?; county sales tax increase tabled; a step forward for Sandpiper Golf Club; Rincon Designs will return to Carpinteria; Naples compound approved; Austrian soccer team to train here; 6,500-acre ranch between Ventura and Ojai preserved from development; the tree of the month.

Alma Del Pueblo: Blink and It’s Gone

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Located in downtown Santa Barbara’s ARTS District, this turnkey one-bedroom condominium offers 1,202 square feet of light-filled, single-level living. Only seven residences in Alma del Pueblo have sold since 2023, all swiftly claimed off market or within days of hitting the MLS.

Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?

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“There’s a Fisherman Inn sign visible from De La Vina, just above Cota. Was a hotel once at that location?”

Riviera Contemporary Sells for $2.85 Million Off Initial Asking Price

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Last week’s sales also include an Alta Mesa spiffer-upper with a sweet backyard for $5 million; Park Highlands Mediterranean; 1929 Spanish on Alameda Padre Serra; mini-compound in Carpinteria’s Concha Loma neighborhood; 20 acres off Las Canoas; and more.

An Update on the Ornate Mission Inn

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Plus: Free People has opened near the bird refuge; hotel conversion on E. Haley Street; UCSB bought two more downtown buildings; Cottage Hospital is looking to expand again; the perils of Tangerine Falls; Trevor Noah returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl; thanks for the tip?

Rori’s Artisanal Creamery Is Opening in Goleta

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More food news: What’s going on with Intermezzo?; White Caps has returned to the Funk Zone; Sama Sama is no longer involved in Lion’s Tale; new restaurant on Milpas Street; ice cream shop opening in Solvang; Tamar’s chicken schnitzel sandwich special.

Where in Santa Barbara…?

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Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!)

Midcentury Panache on the Lower Riviera

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Noteworthy new listings also include a half-finished gut reno in Campanil; quasi-Shelton on Mission Ridge Road; single-level spiffer-upper on the Riviera; San Roque new-build; and a 1990s resort-style compound out by the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.