
NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Solvang is refusing to enforce the stay-at-home order.
••• Landlords now owe tenants evicted without cause three months’ rent.
••• Most timed parking restrictions are still in effect.
••• Playgrounds are allowed to reopen.
••• The sad story of Randy and Evi Quaid.
••• The Hope Ranch solfatara came back to life.
••• New tiny homes for the homeless in Isla Vista.
••• Tree-removal brouhaha.
••• Poaching is way down in Channel Islands waters.
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JUST LISTED
Notable new listings include what happens when an architect gives himself free rein, a San Roque fixer staged to the hilt, a Birnam Wood house in need of new surfaces, and a single-level four-bedroom in Park Highlands.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Sign a petition to get the Central Coast its own ICU standard.
••• New eyewear store coming to Montecito.
••• Revised debris flow risk map to be revealed.
••• Museum of Contemporary Art pop-up gift shop.
••• Jeff Shelton patterns now available on fabrics.
••• Where to donate building materials.
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FOOD STUFF
••• The Miramar’s food truck is back in action.
••• High-end takeout from Caruso’s and the Stonehouse.
••• Revolver now offers limited delivery.
••• Sama Sama Kitchen is selling Asian pantry items.
••• Breakfast barbecue this Saturday at Bell’s.
••• Lemon & Coriander has closed.
••• Candied cocoa nibs at Twenty-Four Blackbirds.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Reconstruction underway of bridge near San Ysidro Ranch.
••• Trailhead improvements, including kiosk maps.
••• More drawings of the apartment building proposed for Santa Barbara Street.
••• New De La Vina bridge in the works.
••• Amtrak will be reservation-only around Christmas.
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HOT PROPERTY
Another $50 million in high-end real estate changed hands last week, with noteworthy sales including a funky fixer way up the hill, a 1980s villa in Ennisbrook, a Birnam Wood château, a 5,248-square-foot house on the Riviera, and more.
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