FOOD STUFF
••• Erewhon has Santa Barbara in its sights.
••• The name of the restaurant and bar coming to Coast Village Road.
••• BevMo is morphing into a supermarket.
••• L.A. tamale specialist popping up at Handlebar.
••• Terrific Japanese food at Full Moon Izakaya.
••• Changes to the bar at Timbers Roadhouse.
••• Big plans for the 12,000-square-foot Root 246 space in Solvang.
••• Pinyon Ojai is open.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: a Historic Structure of Merit for under a million bucks; a Montecito flip attempt shooting for almost $3 million profit; widescreen views in Alta Mesa; a froufrou townhouse on Equestrian Avenue; another Whitney Avenue house in Summerland; and a groovy “Tahoe-inspired” guest house.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Olivia Rodrigo and Jack Johnson to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Channel Islands educational center coming to downtown Carpinteria.
••• Richard Thompson at the Lobero.
••• Planting underway at the San Ysidro Ranch’s botanical garden.
••• Santa Barbara’s Louise Lowry Davis Center event space to close for renovations.
••• Electric-vehicle rentals delivered to your door.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara Airbus has changed its pickup location.
••• The county redistricting commission decided on a new map.
••• Magnitude 3.4 earthquake last night.
••• Santa Barbara puts limits on new zoning law.
••• Carpinteria Planning Commission approved a new multi-use path connecting Carpinteria Avenue and Santa Claus Lane.
••• Santa Barbara city council voted to move rent cap forward.
••• Artist Ragnar Kjartansson is recreating the soap opera “Santa Barbara” for a Moscow museum.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Kole Russell for correctly identifying where this was shot.
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