FOOD STUFF
••• Hot bagel chain opening on upper State Street.
••• Acme Hospitality is adding an L.A. restaurant to its portfolio.
••• Revolving restaurant pop-ups slated for downtown storefront.
••• Acclaimed San Francisco chef to cook at El Encanto.
••• New restaurant in Ojai.
••• Apples to Zucchini Cooking School is moving.
••• Street kitchens.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Midcentury panache on the Lower Riviera; half-finished gut reno in Campanil; quasi-Shelton on Mission Ridge Road; single-level spiffer-upper on the Riviera; San Roque new-build; and a 1990s resort-style compound out by the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• ICE agents pepper-spray citizens in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria.
••• Rivian to open a dealership near the airport.
••• California sues over oil pipeline jurisdiction.
••• East Beach has reopened.
••• Carpinteria looks to tighten e-bike regulations.
••• Arroyo Quemado Trail closed for storm repairs.
••• Update on cannabis shops in Los Alamos and Noleta.
••• La Conchita remains under year-round evacuation warning (above).
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