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December 14, 2025

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Newsletter: December 14

December 14, 2025|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• First look at the Music Academy of the West’s downtown venue (above).
••• The Funk Zone lost two dozen free parking spaces.
••• Iris Galerie has opened.
••• New tenant for the cute space on De La Guerra Plaza.
••• Permanent conservation of 587 acres in the Los Alamos Valley.
••• Preservation Hall Jazz Band in concert.
••• Anacapa Architecture’s handsome office on State Street.
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FAVORITE THINGS
The 2025 Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 5: Wrapping up this series with a grab bag of 14 gift-worthy suggestions from all around town.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Highway 101 construction will move north starting this spring (above).
••• New emergency dispatch center.
••• U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team to play a game here.
••• Automotive garage to close.
••• Goleta post office on the path to getting renamed.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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