JUST LISTED
New to market this week: Over-the-top “Balinese farmhouse” asking $12.5 million; Hope Ranch chateau; 1923 Spanish Colonial Revival with locationitis; lots of mountain views; when minimalism gets weird; the first sighting of a Tesla roof; an attempt to flip an uninspired house; and many more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 4/4
••• Santa Barbara County is on the verge of a Covid-19 backslide.
••• County Democrats endorse incumbents.
••• Montecito’s Read ‘N Post to be replaced by new shop.
••• Interview with mayoral candidate Randy Rowse.
••• Billionaire buys $31 million Butterfly Beach house.
••• Figueroa Mountain wildflower update.
••• Aman Resorts in talks regarding possible Mount Baldy resort.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• More on the spat between Ty Warner and Four Seasons.
••• Santa Barbara Urban Flea Market is now open on State Street.
••• Actor Bryan Cranston’s Mussel Shoals house sold.
••• Amusement park art at Thomas Reynolds Gallery.
••• Highway 101 construction to stop using sound to deter cormorants.
••• Nine more acres of cannabis in Carpinteria.
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BURNING QUESTIONS
“A new fence is going up at the Santa Barbara High School baseball field,” asks T. “Does that mean no more dog walkers and picnickers?” The answer….
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NEWS ROUNDUP 4/6
••• County vaccination clinics are now accepting anyone age 16 and up.
••• Santa Barbara County isn’t moving to the orange tier yet.
••• California set a reopening date (but the mask mandate will continue).
••• Dennis Miller bought across the street from the house he sold to Ellen DeGeneres for $49 million (above).
••• The story of Canon Perdido.
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