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February 12, 2020

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Camping Made Easy on the Trail Between Pacific Palisades and Malibu

News from beyond the SBubble: Oxnard junior high students object to their school's racist eponym; San Luis Obispo Museum of Art postpones plans for a new building; "mule man" arrested near Paso Robles; Lompoc wants recreational access to areas at Vandenberg Air Force Base; three oil platforms may be removed.

February 1, 2020

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Mattei’s Tavern in Los Olivos Is Being Taken Over by a World-Class Hotel Company

The Inn at Mattei's Tavern, as the hotel will be known when it reopens in 2021, will have "a coffee bar porch" and "an open-air restaurant with a county fair energy."

January 10, 2020

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Why Paso Robles Made a Big Must-Visit List for 2020

Other news from the beyond the Santa Barbara bubble: United is adding three new destinations from Santa Maria airport; Alaska started flying from San Luis Obispo to San Diego; Paso is rethinking its tattoo-parlor ban; Magic Mountain's new rollercoaster is the first of its kind.

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