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February 16, 2025

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Newsletter: February 16

February 16, 2025|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• Will Eucalyptus Hill Road and Alston Road get speed bumps?
••• Private e-foil lessons (above).
••• Big sale at Home Crush ahead of a concept change.
••• Three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows.
••• MarBorg is restarting textile recycling.
••• Highway 101 ramp openings and closings.
••• Big Bounce America is returning to Elings Park.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1951 farmhouse on Glendessary Lane; Upper Village spec reno; midcentury energy in Hope Ranch; 1930s bones on the Carpinteria side of Toro Canyon; Santa Fe style on San Antonio Creek Road; Eucalyptus Hill project; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara is trying for a creek buffer ordinance again.
••• The Wine Business Improvement District has been approved (above).
••• Tenant-vs.-landlord drama at 215 Bath Street.
••• The city’s Public Works director is leaving.
••• Craig Case’s trial for embezzlement.
••• Faitell Attractions is closing.
••• The fight over development on the Gaviota Coast.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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