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April 2, 2025

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Newsletter: April 2

April 2, 2025|by Erik Torkells

CHARACTER STUDY
Meet “Bench Whisperer” Jared Darlington, the man responsible for the dog-shaped benches placed around town.

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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: New construction in Campanil for $23 million; Ashley Road ranch house with character; Eucalyptus Hill farmhouse; French Normandy fixer in Glen Oaks; Pepper Hill three-bedroom; Santa Fe style on San Antonio Creek Road; 1924 Spanish in Oak Park; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• Marisa Mason is moving to Montecito.
••• Spikeball classes.
••• Tickets to the Music Academy of the West’s summer festival.
••• Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Free gardening advice.
••• Colin Campbell Cooper, Leon Dabo, and Lockwood De Forest at Sullivan & Goss.
••• “Next-level circus” coming to the Lobero Theatre.
••• A good source for breaking news?
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