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December 28, 2025

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Newsletter: December 28

December 28, 2025|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• The Frog Wall has been freshened up.
••• The New Year’s Day Polar Dip is back on this year.
••• Downtown salon said to be closing.
••• Booker T. Jones in concert.
••• Invasive spider discovered here.
••• Oskar Fischinger art exhibit.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Sable Offshore circumvents state authority.
••• No major problems from recent storms, aside from Santa Barbara Airport runway flooding.
••• Exploiting overtime at the County Sheriff’s office.
••• La Casa de Maria update.
••• East Beach sewage spill.
••• Work starts on Goleta multi-use path (above).
••• The tree of the month.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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