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January 12, 2025

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Newsletter: January 12

January 12, 2025|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Mother Dough Bagels is gearing up to open.
••• The downtown outpost of Kyle’s Kitchen has closed.
••• Dawn Patrol has closed.
••• Alma Fonda Fina will soon serve hard alcohol.
••• More on The Ellwood.
••• A visit to the Sando Truck.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Contemporary villa atop Pepper Hill; new construction on Las Canoas Road for $10.95 million; 1966 cottage by Lutah Maria Riggs; 22-acre view lot with a guest house; pretty Cotswold-style compound near the Mission; sprawling downtown penthouse; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The George Floyd mural has been painted over.
••• San Marcos Growers nursery to close at year end.
••• Las Alturas landslide house demolished.
••• More on the Sandpiper Golf Club proposal.
••• World War II relic destroyed by storm.
••• Heal the Ocean’s appeal of the Rosewood Miramar Beach project.
••• Moby Dick mural needs attention.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Recent Comments

What utterly hateful, obnoxious,ignorant comments on this post Really people, grownup — Kim

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