More local news: County to finally start process for cannabis retail; Lotusland CEO steps down; city council pushes back on the state’s new laissez-faire ADU laws; W. Montecito Street hotel approved; MarBorg gets more time for its new building.
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More food news: The Enterprise Fish Co. building is for sale; delicious gift ideas from Sama Sama Kitchen, Merci Montecito, and Bree’osh; permanent taco truck parked at State and Haley; Brasil Arts Café got a reprieve.
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Plus: Brad Pitt is coming to town; three Montecito houses slated for demolition; 1929 estate now available for less; Caltrans to replace the San Jose Creek bridge on the 101 in Goleta; meeting about Cave Fire area flood control.
If you want Santa Barbara to have wonderful independent shops, you need to support them. So this holiday season—and year-round, really—make an effort to spend your money here.
Other recent news: Sinkhole gobbles up parked car; new design for proposed Montecito Street hotel; Coast Village Road crosswalk to get flashing lights; Stearns Wharf sign damaged; Buellton urges county to regulate cannabis farms.
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Other local news: Santa Barbara Police Department wants more control over alcohol sales; Earl Warren Showgrounds equestrian renovation plan; Anderson .Paak wants to save the Oxnard Performing Arts Center; injured owl update.
More food news: The Los Agaves spinoff near East Beach is indeed Oaxacan; the old Giovanni’s space on the Mesa will become Mesa Brew; Brasil Arts Café closed; Recipes Bakery has merged with a caterer; activity at the dormant 805 Hazy and Deli.
If you want Santa Barbara to have wonderful independent shops, you need to support them. So this holiday season—and year-round, really—make an effort to spend your money here.
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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