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“Country Mediterranean” Estate Slashes $1 Million Off Price

The week’s top price reductions also include: Newly staged Neoclassical in the Hedgerow (↓$255K), clean 70s interiors on the Riviera (↓$200K), an ambitious spec renovation on Picacho Lane (↓$1.3M), and a pink palace atop Hidden Valley Lane (↓$955K).

Semicircular Ode to Wood in Mission Canyon

Television producer Jan DeWitt is selling the house he built in the 1980s with a redwood exterior and all kinds of wood on the inside, including floorboards reclaimed from a San Francisco pier.

One Asymptomatic Man Is Being Held Under Quarantine at Point Mugu

Other recent news: Parents argue for and against the new sex-education curriculum; test-driving trapeze school; progress on debris flow basin improvements; naked guy showering with a garden hose.

1975 Mountain-View Hideaway Ready for Its Makeover

Highlights of this weekend’s open-house lineup: Midcentury style in Hope Ranch; family-friendly renovation on Sycamore Canyon Road; wide views and a private yoga studio in Summerland; 1940s Samarkand house with a contemporary interior.

Owner of Three Dry Cleaners Resists Push to Hand Over Customers’ Data

Plus: Bright Eyes will play the Santa Barbara Bowl; slow-motion video of last weekend’s hailstorm; two recent sales of note; forest bathing class at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden; the pros and cons of a Cielito spec renovation.

Point Mugu Chosen as Possible Coronavirus Quarantine Location

Other recent news: State assembly candidates’ debate turns ugly; more donations for Das Williams’s reelection; developer sentenced to nine years for fraud; Carbajal hopes to ban new oil and gas drilling; Carbajal’s Republican challenger.

Montecito’s Bree’osh Bakery Is Opening an Outpost in Santa Barbara

More food news: Signage is up at Lighthouse Coffee’s forthcoming downtown café; Field + Fort has added a bunch of outdoor seating; Plow & Angel no longer serves its locals’ specials outside; Costco food courts will be off-limits to non-members; plant-based tasting menu at Caruso’s.

By the Architect of the Biltmore, Bellosguardo, and Lotusland

This large 1920 estate in Montecito’s Hedgerow is almost entirely single-level and decorated to the nines, with a killer treehouse out back.