Plus: Intruder spending the night at vacant houses; Ortega Park is getting a renovation; Showers of Blessing lets homeless people shower in its trailer; the grunion were running.
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After an L.A.-style facelift, the sweet little house of yore on Channel Drive is all grown up and ready to get down.
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Other local news: Apartment complex proposed for lower State Street; hospitals to resume elective procedures and surgeries; interview with police chief Lori Luhnow; the war between winemakers and cannabis farmers; more on Carp’s great white sharks; county seeks grand jury volunteers; Santa Barbara Foundation’s new CEO; Music Academy of West’s pandemic plan B.
Two at the Montecito Country Mart, and two in the Funk Zone. Also: Chuck’s Waterfront Grill and Endless Summer confirmed that they closed for good.
Other noteworthy new listings: Two properties on Coyote Road, one of which defies description; a big, appealing house in the Ennisbrook compound; and a Tudor cottage downtown fit for Beatrix Potter.
Four months after closing on the Hedgerow property, Portia de Rossi and Ellen Degeneres have fixed it up and put it on the market with a name befitting an old house and a price befitting a new one—which is only appropriate, given the house incorporates two 18th-century barns shipped over from England.
More food news: City requires patrons of restaurants and other “essential” businesses to wear masks; Taqueria Santa Barbara opened downtown with a nice backstory; Three Pickles deli reopened; rendering of the Cabrillo Pavilion restaurant.
Other local news: Quest Diagnostics is now offering an antibody test to qualified customers; woman killed by train in Montecito; sharks spotted off Santa Claus Lane beach; Montecito Water District says it’ll be “drought-proof” by summer; Tesla charging stations in Goleta; the man for whom Hollister Avenue was named; “mighty” trees down in Chase Palm Park; city close to extending Paseo Nuevo lease.
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FWIW - Metro Theaters usually posts showtimes on Tuesdays for the upcoming week beginning on Fridays. Hopefully will see new showtimes posted tomorrow. — Tom
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Metro doesn't currently have showtimes for any of their other theaters past Thursday, so probably not significant. (Or, even more significant?) — Geoff H