FOOD STUFF
••• Jimboz is getting a thorough renovation.
••• The Avocado Mafia pop-up.
••• Reserve now for the second Santa Barbara Hives/Sproutcraft Creamery dinner.
••• Restaurateurs unhappy with city’s sidewalk reclamation.
••• A new restaurant in Goleta’s Goodland Kitchen space.
••• A tasting menu worth going to Mendocino for (above).
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BACK TO THE MASKS
Sorry, folks: “Beginning Friday, August 6, Santa Barbara County Public Health is mandating the use of universal face coverings indoors, regardless of vaccination status.”
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HOT PROPERTY
Notable sales from the past seven days: A property that went from $4.75 million two years ago to $12.2 million now; beachfront Padaro Lane for well over asking price; ocean views in Campanil; house on 15 acres in Goleta; Hedgerow house in need of updating; midcentury on the Riviera; Mesa spec renovation; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• This year’s Fiesta Mercado has been canceled.
••• Prominent beachfront house for rent for $150,000 per month (above).
••• Mujeres Makers Market will be at the Casa de la Guerra courtyard.
••• Introducing Galavant, which organizes concerts around town.
••• A Santa Ynez Valley ranch with a rad name.
••• Two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows.
••• Last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?” answer.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Update on the changes to Dwight Murphy Field (above).
••• Carpinteria’s skate park is near the fundraising finish line.
••• Santa Barbara’s first newspaper has been digitized.
••• Pushback on the Neighborhood Clinic’s proposed Westside building.
••• Coffee table book about Carp artists.
••• Sleazy cannabis dealings in San Luis Obispo.
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