EXCLUSIVE
Nearly 200 housing units are being proposed for the Carpinteria Bluffs. The previous plan for a hotel and regenerative farm, despised by locals, is starting to look pretty good.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1932 Reginald Johnson in the Golden Quadrangle for $10.25 million; Birnam Wood contemporary; 1925 Riviera Tudor by Winsor Soule; Cape Cod five-bedroom next to the Hope Ranch tennis courts; one of Lutah Maria Riggs’s lesser works; 1928 floops in Hope Ranch; 1940 Mediterranean on the Lower Riviera; Upper East off-market; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A music festival at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club.
••• Two new boutiques selling women’s apparel.
••• Mācher’s Linden Square shop opens this week.
••• Another development site in the Haley Street Corridor?
••• The state of the Tesla chargers at the Miramar resort.
••• New local streaming radio station.
••• Awkward typography on the San Ysidro Road off-ramp sign.
••• ZZ Top to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Pronouncing “jacaranda” (above).
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Recent Comments
If you're asking about the Huntington Hotel, the Big Four is indeed the only restaurant and it looked the same to me (but has probably… — Erik Torkells
It's next on the list. — Erik Torkells
I feel compelled to mention that the property owners here all say their gardners can do better with a broom- why AREN'T THEY OUT THERE… — Christine!
V e r y interesting- thanks. Is there more than one dining room? Is the iconic restaurant decor as before? — Greg
Have you tried Hotel Drisco in Pacific Heights? We love it! — Ann Capogrosso
ha the coffee movement was my neighborhood coffee shop when they first opened. they were always quite friendly, surprised to hear about any uppityness, but… — bailey debruynkops
Taco Bell on Milpas is closed. Fence around the property. I'm hearing, they're remodeling to upgrade the restaurant — Robert Goluck
Oh yes, let's add more super unaffordable boutiques that no one shops in and they eventually close hahahahahah. Your entitlement is showing. — CW
The Only in Santa Barbara store is at 633 State (a different location than this). — Erik Torkells
Bombay Station is great! It might be worth noting the glass of OJ could be in a super large glass, or more in the foreground,… — Michael