FOOD STUFF
The Robin Hood of restaurants is opening on State Street: Everytable, a chain that charges less in food deserts than in affluent areas, has chosen Santa Barbara for its first outpost outside of L.A. Take a look at the menu and interior.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 7/6
••• Another home store is opening in Summerland (above).
••• Fifteen-foot shark spotted off the Santa Barbara Harbor.
••• San Marcos High School student making change happen.
••• Continued push for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.
••• The man behind Montecito’s beautiful memorial benches.
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JUST LISTED
Knapp’s other castle is on the market: The Montecito home of George Owen Knapp is being offered for $5.35 million. At one acre, it’s but a crumb of the original 70-acre estate known as Arcady. Still, the 1905 Italianate house provides a glimpse of how life used to be.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Pedestrian-only State Street is now one block shorter.
••• Coral Casino is renovating various parts of the complex (above).
••• The latest glimpse of the Pepper Hill lair-in-progress.
••• Join Ojai Raptor Center for a bird release.
••• Ambiance is gone.
••• A “tennis kiosk” on San Ysidro Lane.
••• Auction signs.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 7/7
••• How the Board of Supervisors put the cannabis industry’s interests first.
••• Long waits for Covid-19 tests and results.
••• Santa Barbara starts process of community review of police department.
••• Two local Boys & Girls Clubs merging.
••• Rare jellyfish spotted here.
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