More food news: Acme Hospitality is getting into the hotel business; Los Agaves on Milpas reopened; cook-at-home menu items from Brass Bear Brewing; Dune is selling jugs of coffee drinks; knee-jerk social-distancing rules.
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Plus: George Washington Smith’s first house is available for rent again; checking in on the giant bunker under construction in Pepper Hill; the Montecito Association wants to close trailhead parking to non-locals; San Ysidro Road correction; ham hock.
Other noteworthy new listings: Ocean views from alongside the Posilipo Lane beach path; “Italian villa” with intense fireplaces; a cute 1921 Craftsman.
More food news: Donate to the FoodBank and get an orchid at Dart Coffee Co.; restaurants create a way to help each other’s employees; Bell’s is slinging Chinese takeout; monthly microgreen subscriptions; S.Y. Kitchen’s new outdoor market; demand for chicks is up; sea urchin film trailer.
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Other local news: 429 confirmed Covid-19 cases; small rise in crime blamed on lockdown; student exodus may effect census results; Hazard’s Cyclesport bike shop is doing well; marine life at old oil platforms; harbor building burned to a crisp; 101 bridge repair in Goleta; Campus Point beach fence; and more.
Plus: The auction of the 1930s Lutah Maria Riggs estate didn’t pan out; coolly renovated house on a golf course sold; Valley Club Trail got fixed up; tree graffiti; owlets.
“March was going to be the month that saved us,” wrote owners Julian and Katherine Guzman Sanders in their farewell statement. “But instead it’s the month that killed us.”
Other local news: There are now 394 confirmed cases; an increase in lost and injured hikers; suspicious fire behind Sambo’s; email your questions to local politicians; mountain lions get temporary protection.
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