FOOD STUFF
••• The Nook has reportedly been sold.
••• Delicious sandwiches and more at the new Santa Barbara Hives shop.
••• Bar Le Côte debuted a weekend takeout window.
••• More on the revived Timbers space in Goleta.
••• Profile of Alessia Patisserie & Cafe.
••• Possible shift of plans for the Greenhouse on Milpas event space.
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HOT PROPERTY
Notable sales from the past seven days: Golden Quadrangle mansion for $15.8 million; architectural exotica in Hope Ranch; Hedgerow development site for a big price; 1928 Carleton Winslow on Eucalyptus Hill; penthouse in Jeff Shelton’s El Andaluz Building; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• A step forward for Carpinteria’s Surfliner Inn (rendered above).
••• Remains found of debris-flow victim Jack Cantin.
••• Santa Barbara has banned natural gas in most new construction projects.
••• Debate over solar panels atop a downtown garage.
••• The redistricting process for the county’s Board of Supervisors.
••• Interview with District 4 candidate Barrett Reed.
••• La Cumbre Mutual Water Company seeks deal with Santa Barbara’s desalination plant.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Santa Barbara Hives’s new shop is a keeper (above).
••• A visit to the cool Neal Feay aluminum fabricator.
••• The Presidio state park has reopened with improvements.
••• New needlepoint shop in Montecito.
••• Southbound 101 onramp in Summerland is slated to be completed by November 1.
••• A real steal in Ojai.
••• Jewelry pop-up at the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Slow news day at the News-Press.
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