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December 8, 2024

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Newsletter: December 8

December 8, 2024|by Erik Torkells

FOOD NEWS
••• Bouchon Bakery is opening at the Biltmore.
••• Clark’s expects to debut this month (above).
••• Further details about the plans for the former Via Vai space.
••• The Palms revamp will include a market/café.
••• Motley Crew Marketplace has opened in Buellton.
••• Five Points Shopping Center to get an ice cream shop.
••• Goodland Waffles & Melts profile.
••• Queen Cup Coffee now has an outpost in Los Alamos.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Faded glamour in the Hedgerow; Campanil house with a penthouse on top; Ennisbrook casita; across the street from Hendry’s Beach; 1980s architecture on the Riviera; Mission Canyon lot with approved Jeff Shelton plans; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The story behind the “pig house” on Butterfly Lane (above).
••• The loud SpaceX launch last Wednesday night.
••• Santa Barbara likely to increase desalination funding.
••• The tree of the month.
••• The Ojai Playhouse finally reopened.
••• Gallery show and party coming to the Funk Zone.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A slew of speed-limit reductions around the county.
••• The Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s gift shop is getting downsized and moved.
••• Fern + Flair boutique has opened on upper De La Vina.
••• Two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows announced.
••• New look for the proposed development at De La Vina and Mission.
••• Lighthouse Skate Shop and Vuori are now in their new locations.
••• Moviegoing etiquette.
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