Newsletter: June 16

FOOD STUFF
••• Dart Coffee Co. is opening in Carpinteria.
••• Derf’s Café is going to be open for a couple more weeks.
••• Validation Ale’s second location will be larger than initially reported (and have golf simulators).
••• Pizza Mizza update.
••• More on the plan for the restaurant in The Palms building.
••• Confirmation that an L.A. chain is opening in Ojai.
••• Profiles of Yetz’s Bagels, Dang Burger, and Get Hooked Seafood.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A supersized spec reno for $52 million; 20,000-square-foot estate outside Santa Ynez; pair of houses on Pepper Hill; equestrian compound once owned by Jimmy Stewart and Dean Martin; 1950s Arts and Crafts in Cielito; change of heart just above the Westside; 212-acre compound made to look like an Old West town; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara residents to vote on sales tax increase.
••• The longstanding friction at Hot Springs Trail.
••• Chaucer’s Books is under new ownership.
••• Hotel tax hike on the ballot in November.
••• Cannabis taxes continue to disappoint.
••• Lower Tunnel Trail and Inspiration Point trailhead will be closed for six months.
••• Waterfront Department plans to raise slip fees and harbor parking fees.
••• Inside the reborn Zaca Lake resort (above).
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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