NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The draft plan for State Street is complicated.
••• Could Anacapa and Chapala be made two-way?
••• County sales tax increase tabled.
••• A step forward for Sandpiper Golf Club.
••• Rincon Designs will return to Carpinteria.
••• Naples compound approved.
••• Austrian soccer team to train here.
••• 6,500-acre ranch between Ventura and Ojai preserved from development.
••• The tree of the month (photo by David Gress, courtesy Santa Barbara Beautiful).
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1969 Cliff May House in Birnam Wood; semicircle in Birnam Wood; 12-bedroom house in Hope Ranch; Eucalyptus Hill cutie; tricky floor plan on La Vista del Oceano; dual living on E. Cota; and more.
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BURNING QUESTIONS
“There’s a Fisherman Inn sign visible from De La Vina, just above Cota. Was a hotel once at that location?” Here’s the answer.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments.
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