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July 29, 2026

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Newsletter: July 29

July 29, 2026|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Sweetaly Gelato opens this weekend (above).
••• First impressions of Pegaslice.
••• Special-needs café likely coming to State Street.
••• Changes at an outpost of Crushcakes.
••• What dinner is like at the Hilton Garden Inn Rooftop Bistro & Bar.
••• A visit to Drover’s Doughnuts in Goleta.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Stylish new construction in Montecito for $16.5 million; insane price for the area between the Lower Village and the Hedgerow; Park Lane aerie; East Valley Road compound; Hope Ranch spiffer-upper; the super-minimalist one near Westmont; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• A hint about UCSB’s plan for State Street (above).
••• Freeway sign oopsie.
••• Those pesky Santa Barbara Airport escalators.
••• Repairs to finally start on Old Romero Road trail.
••• New fitness studio on Chapala Street.
••• 30-room hotel and restaurant still in the works in Los Alamos.
••• Isla Vista senior housing organization bought on Milpas.
••• A report from San Francisco, including the newly renovated Huntington Hotel.
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