
FOOD STUFF / APRIL 9
••• Changes coming to the Wine Cask and Intermezzo.
••• La Super-Rica is open.
••• Make Easter more special with Hook & Press Donuts and Bree’osh.
••• Everything is 15% off at Twenty-Four Blackbirds.
••• Online sale at the Public Market’s Wine + Beer shop.
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ODDS & ENDS / APRIL 9
••• Send orchids to a good cause.
••• Bella Vista Drive is closed at Romero Canyon because of debris flow.
••• Oceanfront rental on the Mesa.
••• 101 widening delayed by rain.
••• Sprucing up your succulents.
••• It might be time to order a custom hat.
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NEWS DIGEST / APRIL 10
••• World’s dimmest thieves try to rob the police department.
••• North County Covid-19 cases outpacing South County.
••• Bucket Brigade mask contest.
••• City threatens to close beaches this weekend.
••• Two Hollywood set designers’ neat midcentury home.
••• Online Santa Barbara music festival.
••• Planning Commission questions large new cannabis operation.
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Weather forecast from Jack Martin of Action Roofing: “Today we’ll see fog and possible drizzle, with highs only in the low 60s. Next week we begin a warm up: Tuesday and Wednesday should be the warmest days of the week. Thursday and Friday aren’t clear at this point, but it looks like low pressure could bring a chance of light rain, depending on which model you’re following.” Email [email protected] to sign up for his daily updates.
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PRICE CUTS / APRIL 10
The week’s top price reductions: The WASPiest estate this side of Kennebunkport; Mesa oceanfront compound slashed by another million; new-build in northwest Montecito with location concerns; Hope Ranch ranch house; Samarkand contemporary.
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WALK WITH ME / APRIL 11
You see so much more when you slow down. In the case of West Beach—one of Santa Barbara’s very best neighborhoods for a stroll—that means charming architecture of all kinds, lush flora, glimpses of the ocean, and remarkably few people. Come tag along….
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NEWS DIGEST / APRIL 12
••• Glut of local applications for the federal Payroll Protection Plan.
••• Four new Covid-19 cases.
••• Seventh County Sheriff employee tests positive.
••• Santa Barbara man’s account of his illness.
••• County budget workshop.
••• Checking in with the zoo.
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