WELCOME WAGON
With the stylish, buzzy Gala, Tara Penke and Jaime Riesco have created the kind of restaurant you see more in big cities—a place where the chef-owners cook the food they love, whatever its inspiration may be.
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HOT PROPERTY
Recent sales: Ocean-view Ortega Ridge house for $9.321 million; two Hope Ranch properties that could use updating; walkable to Montecito Union School for $500,000 over ask; Coast Village five-bedroom off market; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Rooms & Gardens is moving to Montecito.
••• MarBorg’s price hike for “non-curbside” service.
••• Goleta Beach County Park has partially reopened.
••• Zodo’s bowling alley has been rebranded.
••• Documentary about the cool house on Pepper Hill.
••• City survey about the Single Family Design Board design review process.
••• Contemporary photos of old buildings.
••• Highway 101 construction updates.
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