ODDS & ENDS
••• Santa Claus Lane is getting a year-round Christmas shop (above).
••• James Perse’s shop at the Montecito Country Mart has closed.
••• What the Constitution Means to Me is coming to town.
••• Volunteer for the Summer Solstice Celebration.
••• Eric Idle and Aimee Mann at the Lobero Theatre.
••• The Music Academy of the West changed its name back.
••• Soul Care Studio + Sauna is open on Anacapa Street.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: San Marcos Preserve house off-market for $10 million; Hedgerow turnkey for $9.3 million; vacant lot off San Ysidro Road; Hope Ranch fixer; Toro Canyon six-bedroom; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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SLOW NEWS WEEK
No disrespect to MESADAD or SBHS 88, but the best vanity license plates are the ones that are a little surprising….
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Recent Comments
The old Victor the Florist shop at corner of Santa Barbara & Anapamu streets? — Peter
They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A
Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR
The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR
Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK
It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells