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January 21, 2026

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Newsletter: January 21

January 21, 2026|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• First look at Bistro Amasa’s lunch menu (above).
••• Tyler x Lieu Dit is closed till spring.
••• Mother Dough Bagels expanded its days of operation.
••• Three applicants for the former Anchor Rose spaces.
••• The Garagiste Wine Festival is coming up.
••• Local restaurant is selling monthly and annual memberships.
••• Seattle-based Eastern European bakery pop-up.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1923 estate on the front row of Eucalyptus Hill for $12.8 million; a substantial loss in the Golden Quadrangle; the Ortega Ridge one with the ridgetop pool; French Country home in Ballard; Sycamore Canyon Road floops; two in Hollister Ranch; San Roque cutie with a big yard; Lower Riviera cottage; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• Stylish apartment building proposed for Los Patos Way (above).
••• The Santa Claus Lane bike path.
••• Might Montecito ban gas-powered leaf blowers?
••• Update on the row of eucalyptus trees on East Valley Road.
••• Another Santa Barbara Bowl show announced.
••• Parts of Goleta Beach County Park to close for storm-related repairs.
••• Vandenberg Space Force Base’s self-mythologizing.
••• Group show at Marcia Burtt Gallery.
••• Taking San Ysidro Trail all the way to the top.
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