ODDS & ENDS
••• Plans for a new Jeff Shelton building downtown.
••• Three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows announced.
••• Fencing proposed for Plaza de Vera Cruz park.
••• East Beach sewage contamination.
••• Acorn and Oak fitness and wellness studio opening on Hollister Avenue.
••• Romero Canyon bridge damaged again.
••• Group show by 13 local women artists.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Slickly renovated mansion seeking $20 million; Ennisbrook lot with plans and permits; deconstructed Tuscan in upper San Roque; three-story 1927 house in Samarkand; freestanding townhome with roof deck near the Bowl; and more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Brass Bear Uptown has opened.
••• South Coast Deli’s Chapala outpost has closed.
••• The owner of Pane e Vino and Via Vai says neither restaurant is closing.
••• Santa Barbara Public Market will be closed next week.
••• Rumored management change at Trattoria Vittoria.
••• A satisfying visit to European Deli & Market (above).
••• A profile of the relatively new Crossroads Kitchen in Calabasas.
••• Seeking advice for restaurants between here and LAX.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Results of a community survey about State Street.
••• The buyer of Ellen DeGeneres’s Ennisbrook hacienda.
••• 82-unit apartment complex on Milpas gets final design approval.
••• Bike lane construction to start on W. Mission Street.
••• Santa Barbara Central Library has partially reopened.
••• Santa Ynez now has a cannabis shop.
••• Revised Munger Hall design expected this summer.
••• The tree of the month is the Kentia palm.
••• St. Regis Princeville Resort to become a 1 Hotel, with a focus on wellness (above).
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Karl for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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