A Grand Princess passenger in Ventura County tested positive; the ship is scheduled to visit Santa Barbara on March 24; why the city resists banning cruise ships; no cases reported in Santa Barbara County; smaller stores more likely to have supplies; giraffe and leopard being transferred to other zoos.
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Plus: Architect Barton Myers’s house is said to be hitting the market soon; new four-story condo building on E. Micheltorena; two recent sales, including a 13.75-acre estate that went for 55% off the initial asking price.
The week’s other top price reductions: Shockingly low price for a 6,100-square-foot Picacho Lane estate (↓$500K); Sea Cliff house inches its way toward reality (↓$85K); Birnam Wood new-build ($325K); and three Olive Mill condos (↓$1.164 million in total).
Other recent news: Election results; Cottage Health opening two urgent-care centers here; local virologist on pandemic survival tactics; Funk Zone restaurant complex approved; Craftsman house on W. Valerio; new shop selling seashell art; parking spat turns ugly.
Steel and glass are the primary materials listed for the Barton Myers–designed house at 770 Ladera Lane, but the ones that first come to mind are light and air.
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Highlights of this weekend’s open-house lineup: Cute 1930s Spanish Colonial just off State Street; surreal decorative remnants on the Mesa; 1910 Lower Riviera house in need of updating; sprawler on three acres on Hidden Valley Lane.
Plus: Two George Washington Smith houses are available for rent; the Riviera Theatre is screening Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory” to honor Kirk Douglas; expanded hours at the Cuyama Buckhorn motel and restaurant; superb private art collection on view in L.A.
Other recent news: Elings Park is bringing in sheep for landscaping maintenance; successful pilot program to reduce homelessness downtown; one of the state labs for coronavirus testing is in Ventura County; city attorney attempts to thwart vacation-rental lawsuits; visitors to Cottage Health hospitals must now have their photo taken.
It was Steve Hermann’s third stab at the space—which has the prettiest courtyard in town—after Somerset and The Smithy.
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