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April 19, 2020

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Newsletter: April 19

April 19, 2020|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• The 93108 Fund has handed out $40,000 to hourly workers.
••• Little Free Libraries stocked with toilet paper and other items (photo courtesy MK Real Estate Group).
••• New Channel Islands T-shirt.
••• Summerland Oriental Rugs moved across the street.
••• Studio William Hefner house coming to San Ysidro Road.
••• Time-lapse street painting; three recent sales of note.
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NEWS DIGEST / APRIL 17
••• Summer Solstice Celebration will only be online this year.
••• I Madonnari Street Painting Festival has been canceled.
••• Now 354 Covid-19 cases and a third death.
••• Santa Barbara’s grim economic future.
••• Southern California no longer abnormally dry.
••• Council member supports temporary city council pay cut.
••• My Gym has closed.
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Weather forecast from Jack Martin of Action Roofing: “Today will be clearer and a few degrees warmer than yesterday—we’re expecting the high 60s. Monday, slight chance of rain. Tuesday though the rest of the week, we’ll have a nice warm-up. A lot of areas will see 80s.” Email [email protected] to sign up for his daily updates.

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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price reductions: A tough nut to cack on prestigious Park Lane; boat-like house on Miramar Beach dropped by $600,000; cool lines and Dutch doors on School House Road; togetherness on the Mesa; and a top-floor midcentury condo near Butterfly Beach.

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NEWS DIGEST / APRIL 19
••• Lompoc prison outbreak continues to grow.
••• There are now 385 confirmed Covid-19 cases, 49 of which are healthcare workers.
••• County jail inmate tested positive.
••• Supervisor Gregg Hart on the pandemic’s local effects.
••• Earthquake early this morning.
••• Carp closes beach parking lots.
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