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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Recent Comments
And you are assuming that the person you are replying to is not Tom Bolton from Noozhawk, lol. — el_smurfo
BANANA- I love it and am stealing it hahahaha! Sooo appropriate! — Rob
When you have an anchor store at either end of a mall then everything in between is known as "inline." — jimbooo
Well said. — Hobie
The office building on the corner of Arrellaga and Anacapa. — ABSB
Atelier Sunhouse - went by to visit your shop. Walked around the building but couldn’t figure out how to get upstairs? I’ll keep trying… — Bo
Must go to Nate's on Marsh, best and most lively restaurant in town, especially on Martini Mondays. — HD
I absolutely agree! What a great way to revitalize State Street, hopefully this serves as a good example of mixed use spaces being beneficial. — Erik (not Torkells)
you are assuming this was done without permission — Bettye Jones
In the winter months they have to moor further out and summer they are allowed to move closer to the wharf and harbor. — Don