NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Inside the “floating home” docked in the harbor.
••• The Santa Barbara News-Press has been shut down.
••• UCSB says Munger Hall is on, despite rumors to the contrary.
••• Sonos is moving its headquarters to Goleta.
••• Favorable reaction to 37-unit W. Carrillo Street project.
••• Investigating the remnants of Japan’s 1942 attack at Timbers.
••• No reopening estimate for Highway 1 near Big Sur.
••• Pilot program for a downtown tourist trolley.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Angular contemporary near San Ysidro Ranch for $6.125 million; Via Manana compound for $800,000 over ask; Hope Ranch three-bedroom off market; 1905 Craftsman where the Upper East meets the Lower Riviera; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Big Summerland block party this Saturday.
••• Clothing boutique opening on Lillie Avenue (above).
••• New tar-removal product.
••• Two exhibits at Sullivan & Goss.
••• Upcoming email blast about retail news.
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Recent Comments
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells
The state is going to force housing on communities that don't plan for it. Carpinteria can either shape what gets built here or wait for… — BrR
Genuinely curious what outcome you'd prefer. The land is privately owned and zoned for development. If not this, then what? Leaving it vacant forever isn't… — EM
The big black pipe has never bothered me. Maybe because I've loved the SB harbor since the first time I saw it, that was the… — Dan O.
Fully agree! I thought the hotel/farm/housing concept was a much better fit for that land. But when people oppose everything, something eventually gets crammed through. — SkyG
Hotel concept was better than this — JB
Bit of trivia about Trinity Church (at State and Micheltorena): Richard Diebenkorn, the abstract expressionist painter, was married there, in 1943 I think. — patrick