NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is going to sell McCormick House (above)
••• Renoviction ordinance adopted.
••• 2028 LA Olympics won’t be around here.
••• The case of the big red shoe.
••• Judge resigns amid misconduct allegations.
••• Online map for lost pets.
••• Lake Cachuma may allow swimming.
••• UCSB to build more housing.
••• Cars keep running into a Westside duplex.
••• Large self-storage facility proposed in Goleta.
••• Possible redevelopment of the Pea Soup Andersen’s building.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Glen Oaks traditional with a vestigial billiards room; return of the More Mesa house with a terrace over the bluff; conundrum on the Hedgerow’s edge; $5 million for a modest part of Alta Mesa; turnkey Loma Alicia townhome; Hope Ranch midcentury; Japanese-Craftsman hybrid way above San Roque; and more.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
We spent nearly a month exploring New Zealand—doing the North Island on our own and the South Island mainly with the Backroads active tour company.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments.
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