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July 23, 2025

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Newsletter: July 23

July 23, 2025|by Erik Torkells

WALK WITH ME
The stretch of Mountain Drive between Cold Spring and Cielito is popular with walkers and cyclists because it’s pretty and winding and flat—with enough quirk to compete with the view.

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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have sold Pompeiian Court for a second time; Riven Rock spread; fixer/teardown above the Upper Village; Hope Ranch starter home; Montecito Shores two-bedroom for a million off the initial ask; Coyote Road compound for a loss; and an old-school cottage across from Shoreline Park. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another huge price cut for the “floating home” in the harbor.
••• Update on the upper San Ysidro trail and Romero Jeepway.
••• The Riviera “rain totems” have been moved.
••• Construction at the former Klaus Automotive building.
••• Answers to two questions about debris basins.
••• Exploring the Ventura River Parkway Trail to Ojai.
••• Steve Martin riffing locally.
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