YOU GOTTA TRY THIS, PART 1
Locals who obsess over the food scene recommend the dishes—including butter chicken, porchetta bruschetta, and a croque monsieur—that they swear are worth going out of the way for.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 12/17
••• Governor Newsom is ignoring the county’s request.
••• Solvang now says it will enforce the stay-at-home order.
••• Deborah Schwartz is running for mayor of Santa Barbara.
••• Cannabis farmers who are trying to mitigate the stench.
••• A pair of white-faced saki monkeys join the Santa Barbara Zoo.
••• Naked man on sidewalk.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings from the past seven days include an attempted $13.5 million flip, a nice spread on Riven Rock Road, a midcentury fixer in Montecito, two appealing San Roque cottages, and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Southwest Airlines is coming to Santa Barbara Airport.
••• Someone reportedly got a very good deal on 207 oceanfront acres.
••• Bikini company started by local college student.
••• Writing program for underserved women.
••• Plum Goods holiday pop-up shop.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 12/18
••• Covid cases keep rising as vaccinations start.
••• ICU availability is declining.
••• Bike docks have begun being installed on State Street.
••• The mysterious death of a man at Campus Point.
••• Winery raises more than $100,000 for the Foodbank.
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HOT PROPERTY
Notable closings of the last seven days: a jumbo house on a double lot in Birnam Wood, a new-build in Hollister Ranch, a big price for Bel Air Knolls, midcentury-contemporary hybrid below the 101, a couple of Mediterraneans, and more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• This is Secret Bao’s last weekend at Handlebar (above).
••• First impressions of the new Japanese restaurant Teru.
••• The new Santa Barbara Restaurant Coalition is helping restaurant workers.
••• Mexican and Guatemalan tamales from Elubia’s Kitchen.
••• Hook & Press’s strawberry sufganiyots.
••• Another Bibi Ji recipe.
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