Also newly reduced: The stylish Cielito house of a “master flipper”; a Hope Ranch estate with dated interiors; and a San Roque spec house with the world’s largest dreamcatcher. Plus: This weekend’s schedule of open houses.
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Plus: An update on the 101 work in Carpinteria; the Montecito Association mulls hiring private security; Hammonds Beach house finally sells; Milpas Street corridor survey.
Other local news: Habitat Home & Garden has finally opened; Mission Street to be closed for five days; fire up near Gaviota; earthquake warning alerts now available; new sports complex for Santa Barbara City College; city to punish businesses for stolen shopping carts.
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.
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.
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Don, not only is the website AI generated, the copy reads as if it were ChatGPT's first pass. I hope the owner's are successful and… — J
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I'm not too familiar with AI writing but with the other mentions this post is suspect... — TP
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