Newsletter: January 30

FOOD STUFF
••• The Sportsman lights up on State Street.
••• Word on the street about the plan for the Mackenzie Market building.
••• Likely new owner for two Stearns Wharf restaurants.
••• A “dessert adventure” at Alessia Patisserie & Cafe.
••• Ray’s Liquor on the Westside has closed after 34 years.
••• The 7-Eleven on Milpas is reportedly in flux.
••• Things are looking grim at Juice N Things in Carpinteria.
••• Activity at a State Street restaurant space.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A visit to the Montecito Tea Gardens (above).
••• The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to town.
••• Two worthwhile jazz shows at the Lobero.
••• Alt-J and Portugal. The Man add a second show at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• The Kimpton Canary hotel will undergo a rolling renovation.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Between a rock and a hard place in San Marcos Pass; an architect’s delight in Painted Cave; farmhouse style on E. Mountain Drive; 1983 lines in Bel Air Knolls; white boxes in Summerland; a pair of Montecito cottages; Mission Canyon funk; a fruit orchard in Goleta; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Poor De La Guerra Plaza can’t catch a break (above).
••• The city council rejected most of the proposed changes to State Street Promenade.
••• The Rincon Multi-Use Trail moves forward over gliders’ objections.
••• The buyer of Montecito’s Casa Leo Linda revealed.
••• Changes to the way the Santa Barbara Unified School District is elected.
••• State assembly candidate drops out of race.
••• Miramar developer Rick Caruso is thinking about running for mayor of L.A.
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