FOOD STUFF
••• The new owner of the Mackenzie Market building.
••• Downtown’s new Crush Bar has come out of the closet.
••• Funk Zone building rumored to become a brewery.
••• Draughtsmen Aleworks now makes wine, too.
••• Former Whodidily baker now back in business as Yodelayheehoo.
••• Priedite Barbecue’s worthy smash burger.
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HOT PROPERTY
Notable sales last week: Hope Ranch flooring showroom for $7.85 million; a 1937 Monterey Colonial in Montecito; a fixer/teardown on the back of Eucalyptus Hill; and the ones with the eerie tub, fancy Murphy bed, and akimbo staircase.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Why are people so slow to ditch their masks?
••• People of color fare worse in Santa Barbara’s criminal justice system.
••• Bike-rental program to expand to Funk Zone, the waterfront, and Coast Village Road.
••• Santa Barbara Fair & Expo is this week.
••• Local designer who makes aprons and biodegradable garbage bags.
••• Development likely for lot behind Home Depot.
••• Got any Jonathan Winters anecdotes?
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Folly is moving to downtown Santa Barbara.
••• Hidden path leading to the Mission Rose Garden (above).
••• Nominations wanted for the People of the Year awards.
••• How a proposed new house will affect the Old Pueblo Trail.
••• Cigar boxes for sale.
••• Great blue herons nesting in Carpinteria.
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