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July 2, 2023

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Newsletter: July 2

July 2, 2023|by Erik Torkells

EXCLUSIVE
Summerland is getting a bookstore: it’ll be in the 1921 building currently home to Garde, where everything is currently 50 percent off.

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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Brutalism gone wild at the San Ysidro trailhead; a 2008 Mediterranean with a remnant of the old Arcady estate; one of the most darling houses in the Hedgerow; new farmhouse-style construction in Montecito; vacant lots with approved plans on the Riviera and in Hope Ranch; 1928 Lower Riviera bungalow; 71-acre equestrian compound in the Santa Ynez Valley; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• State Street Promenade extended for three more years.
••• Parklets off State Street get a reprieve.
••• Architect suggests a different promenade design.
••• Jeff Bridges bought in Hope Ranch.
••• Fergie sold her Santa Ynez Valley ranch.
••• Photos of last weekend’s Summer Solstice Celebration.
••• Eminent domain to be used for Goleta’s San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path project.
••• Gay pride flags stolen in Los Olivos.
••• The concert lineup at Ojai’s Libbey Bowl.
••• The tree of the month.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Pop-up dinner series at Brekkies by Pico’s original chef.
••• Stella Mare’s building would be difficult to tear down.
••• Porchetta sandwiches and cherry hand pies for July 4.
••• The tom yum fries at Na Na Thai.
••• High Seas Mead’s taproom gets the go-ahead.
••• Margerum’s new tasting room in Los Olivos.
••• Twenty-Four Blackbirds is growing its own cacao trees.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Just Listed

  • Supersize Spec Compound South of the Freeway
  • A Handsome Renovation in Hope Ranch
  • A Heck of a Swimming Pool on Ortega Ridge
  • Spiffy $20 Million Spec Reno in Hope Ranch
  • Will McCormick House Become a Private Residence Once Again?

Recent Comments

This is the box outside of Ca’ Dario at the corner of Anacapa and Victoria. — Mike

Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski

Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy

You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy

The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek

Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat

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