Plus: House for sale boasts a guesthouse that was once a cottage at San Ysidro Ranch; Provençal-inspired house on East Valley Road sold fast; utility mosaic.
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Santa Barbara has more nooks and crannies than an English muffin, and none is more appealing than El Caserio, built in the 1930s as artists’ studios. This new listing’s style is everything you’d hope for from the compound—and it’s a three-minute walk to Handlebar.
Other recent news: The candidates running for the city council’s District 2; Cliff Drive public input; governor signs bill assessing cost of winding down oil and gas infrastructure; Australian willow trees.
Other recent news: Preliminary rendering of the San Ysidro roundabout; how hemp cultivation could affect the area; co-working company changes its name; paddleboarding with sharks.
Open houses this weekend: A midcentury home that looks like a Palm Springs motel (in the best way); two 18th-century barns brought over from England and conjoined into one house; a single-level Mesa retreat; and many more.
Also newly reduced: Spanish house in Montecito that could use some lightening up; a multi-level Tuscan-style villa in Carpinteria; an oldie-but-goodie from 1930 in Hope Ranch; a Moroccan fantasia.
Plus: Target’s soft opening is coming up; this year’s Night Market has been canceled; mountain lion spotted again in Isla Vista; great white sharks off Carp; waterfront parking overhauled; Eastside candidates running for city council.
Other food-related news: Impossible’s fake ground “beef” is now being sold at Gelson’s; Dave’s Dogs Grill rumored to be opening on Milpas; Rascal’s pop-up at Satellite; an attempt to cure olives in the ocean.
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?
Recent Comments
The owners of the Harbor restaurant should be ashamed of themselves. They made some bad decisions and should not have gotten involved in the restaurant… — Roy
4347 Marina Dr selling for $1000 sq ft seems off. There had to be something funky going on. — Pete
The owner of the Harbor Restaurant is not only a real estate agent he’s also a real estate attorney. Is he really trying to tell… — FoodieSB
And the most authentic and genuine store of all “The Santa Barbara Company” not even mentioned … — Jane Phila Rogers
Just went to the Copper Coffee Pot today and the Caserta Pizza was just as good as when it was L’Antica. Yay! — ElizabethW
I love the Surfing Cowboy Cap from Baja Montecito!! — john
Does the Après Ski party include a lift ticket? — Heidi Smith
Bravo, Music Academy of the West! — Deborah David
Santa Barbara Museum of Art gift shop has moved upstairs. Still a great place to shop with lots of Impressionist merchandise to match the GREAT… — LG
This is the box outside of Ca’ Dario at the corner of Anacapa and Victoria. — Mike