FOOD NEWS
••• Carpinteria’s Good Plow is trying to raise $48,000 so it can open.
••• Sneak preview of Alessia Patisserie & Cafe (now open, above).
••• Peasants Feast in Solvang is spinning off a deli.
••• New State Street hotel will have a ground-floor restaurant.
••• Institution Ale’s side patio seems just about ready.
••• Cacao drink at Twenty-Four Blackbirds.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Golden Quadrangle megamansion asking $74 million; a dreamy 1936 Spanish compound on four acres; a Picacho Lane sprawler; a French mansard house awash in pink; turnkey on the Riviera; an Owen Road house with potential; and an adorable 1919 carriage house.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Countrywide’s former CEO is at war with the Montecito Club (above).
••• Biltmore employees and the Four Seasons head back to mediation.
••• Santa Barbara man accused of running a Ponzi scheme.
••• Riviera homeowner who illegally cut down trees now faces felony charges.
••• UCSB has failed to build promised housing.
••• Homeless to be moved to motel for fire season.
••• New home for at-risk young adults.
••• L.A. County wants people to wear masks indoors because of the Delta variant of Covid-19.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Montecito Mercantile has opened.
••• Architectural model of the massive underground house being built in Pepper Hill.
••• An ideal amenity for avid golfers (above).
••• The state of Montecito’s water agreement with Santa Barbara.
••• Santa Barbara Airbus is once again offering L.A. day trips.
••• A visit to exquisite Hollister Ranch.
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