Newsletter: February 2

GET OUT OF TOWN: MEXICO CITY
Even though I spent many years as a travel magazine editor, I had little sense of what to expect from Mexico City. And what I did expect was wrong: the city is calmer, cleaner, greener, safer, and altogether easier than I thought possible for a metropolitan area of 21 million people.

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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Picacho Lane estate for $18.6 million; 102 acres above the San Marcos Foothill Preserve; widescreen mountain views in Bel Air Knolls; the MUS premium on Hot Springs Road; a four-bedroom on an acre in Carpinteria; and a cottage flip on East Valley Road. (Photo by Eric Foote / Elevated Horizon.) See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• There will be a Courtyard by Marriott on State Street.
••• 90-unit apartment building is being proposed for Milpas Street.
••• The county extended its indoor mask mandate again.
••• Rex Orange County will play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• An artist’s map of the city’s neighborhoods.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The city wants to punish Chick-fil-A for customers’ bad behavior.
••• Ritz-Carlton Bacara massage therapist accused of sexual assault.
••• Miss Daisy’s Consignment store has plans for jazz concerts and fashion shows at its store in the former Sears building.
••• A Broadway producer bought in Montecito.
••• Cannabis farm proposed next to Pence Vineyards backs down.
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