WALK WITH ME
The streets around Diana Road and Diana Lane, where quintessential Santa Barbara architect Alex D’Alfonso built a microneighborhood, make for some of the city’s most rewarding walking.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Exuberantly decorated Hope Ranch villa for $12.8 million; Hope Ranch flip; Santecito Drive house that could use another bathroom; midcentury in upper San Roque; three-bedroom Casitas de la Riviera condo; small Riviera fixer; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Apartment building proposed on the Los Carneros roundabout.
••• What’s happening at the former barre studio on De La Vina.
••• A new music store in Goleta.
••• Figueroa Mountain wildflower tip (photo by L.).
••• Ikat and Pearls has opened a Carpinteria boutique.
••• Cove House’s next renovation project.
••• Heritage Goods & Supply wrote a book for kids.
••• Ryan Adams and the Cardinals in concert.
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