FOOD STUFF
Café Ana is closed for good. “March was going to be the month that saved us,” wrote owners Julian and Katherine Guzman Sanders in their farewell statement. “But instead it’s the month that killed us.”
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NEWS ROUNDUP / APRIL 20
••• County Covid-19 hospitalizations are remaining stable.
••• 394 confirmed cases as of Sunday.
••• An increase in lost and injured hikers.
••• Suspicious fire behind Sambo’s.
••• Email your questions to local politicians.
••• Mountain lions get temporary protection.
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Weather forecast from Jack Martin of Action Roofing: “Today should be 10 degrees warmer than yesterday, and the 80s and 90s will last all the way though Sunday. But Santa Barbara will also continue to see some sundowner winds in the evening.” Email [email protected] to sign up for his daily updates.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Butterfly Lane pedestrian underpass is getting an upgrade.
••• The auction of the 1930s Lutah Maria Riggs estate didn’t pan out.
••• Coolly renovated house on a golf course sold.
••• Valley Club Trail got fixed up.
••• Tree graffiti.
••• Owlets!
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NEWS ROUNDUP / APRIL 21
••• City revenues expected to drop by $30 million over the next two years.
••• 429 confirmed Covid-19 cases.
••• Small rise in crime blamed on lockdown.
••• Student exodus may effect census results.
••• Hazard’s Cyclesport bike shop is doing well.
••• Marine life at old oil platforms.
••• Harbor building burned to a crisp.
••• 101 bridge repair in Goleta.
••• Campus Point beach fence.
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