FOOD STUFF
••• Cava is rumored to have closed for good.
••• Barbecue this weekend at the Mill.
••• Progress at the Rusty’s Pizza in Summerland.
••• Grocery items at Scarlett Begonia.
••• Ca’ Dario now open on Sundays (and 20% off every day through April).
••• Barbareño’s expanded menu.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Change in plans for the Fess Parker hotel coming to Cabrillo (above).
••• Upper San Ysidro Trail is closed for repairs.
••• Big house on Picacho Lane sells for $5.4 million.
••• Memento from the old Miramar resort.
••• Midcentury Palm Springs–style house in Birnam Wood available for rent.
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Weather forecast from Jack Martin of Action Roofing: “Today will be another great day, a carbon copy of yesterday. On Thursday, the fog returns as a low-pressure system drops 400 miles west of Point Conception; this will bring back the marine layer. Friday, this low moves toward us, a weak system with rain chances producing 1/4 inch or less. (More to come later….) The weekend looks to be nice, with warming conditions. To start next week, we could see another weak system upon us—rain is possible, but still on the lighter side..” Email [email protected] to sign up for his daily updates.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• Local wineries donate 500 cases of wine to hospital workers.
••• The number of Covid-19 hospitalizations appears to be flattening out.
••• Portable toilets for the homeless installed downtown.
••• Alaska Airlines combining Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo on its Seattle flight.
••• Isla Vista library innovations.
••• Tree of the month.
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JUST LISTED: THE COOLEST APARTMENT IN SANTA BARBARA?
For the first time since the initial offering, one of the three penthouses at El Andaluz, the Jeff Shelton–designed condominium on Chapala Street, has been publicly put on the market. The asking price is $4.25 million. Take a look around.
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