Newsletter: February 13

NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The county’s indoor mask mandate ends February 16.
••• Horrifying story of dog grooming gone wrong.
••• Ty Warner has appealed the Biltmore’s tax assessment.
••• Downtown housing for the homeless moves forward.
••• The fight over a cannabis greenhouse near Carpinteria High School.
••• A mirror-and-glass cube on Airbnb.
••• Nancy Travis to star in a one-person show.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Marcus Lemonis is shooting for a big profit on his Montecito estate; 1931 Edwards & Plunkett on a classic Lower Riviera cul-de-sac; a shnookums in the Hedgerow; 1924 house on a swell Las Alturas perch; a winner on El Cielito; and more.

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FOOD STUFF
••• Corazón Cocina’s Little Heart Cafecito spinoff is open.
••• Profile of Wine Cask and Intermezzo, with an update on the Gold Room.
••• Work is underway at the Cliff Room on the Mesa.
••• Your Choice’s banh mi pop-up this Saturday.
••• What chef Budi Kazali is up to these days.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Make Smith leather company has closed its store.
••• The Hotel Indigo in the Funk Zone got rebranded.
••• New State Street gallery to showcase 20th-century decorative arts.
••• Update on the Bungalo805 private club for families.
••• Rebelution to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• One-way block of Anacapa Street is getting changed to two-way.
••• Capisce pop-up event.
••• The answer to last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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