NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Montecito Water District approves big desalination deal.
••• Lucky’s steakhouse has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.
••• The Montecito Association burns down the welcome wagon.
••• Westside street closure.
••• Deadline extended for comments about Los Padres National Forest tree-cutting.
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HOT PROPERTY
Look no further for proof that the market is moving: six closings from the past few days, for houses that are turnkey and not, from Toro Canyon to Hope Ranch.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Nail salons are allowed to reopen.
••• The city’s parking lots and garages are charging again.
••• Funk Zone vacant lot changes hands.
••• Parts of Santa Cruz Island closed for restoration after fire.
••• How to create a clean-air room.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price changes: New age compound above Summerland is back for $1 million more; 11-acre teardown with ocean views; the worst of the 1980s on Sea Cliff; suburban exterior with stylish interior in Ennisbrook; cute old Spanish house downtown.
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Recent Comments
Not to out-pedanticize you, but as someone who worked in specialty coffee for over a decade, I must point out that your pedantic paradoxical parable… — Par King
I walk past that mysterious little pied-à-terre on E. Carrillo almost daily with my dog. Happy to catch some photos of the interior and courtyard.… — Marc
Not many boutique health resorts being built for the middle class Im afraid. On the plus side lots of jobs from construction and operations.🙂 — Don
Hi Erik, listing agent for 411 E. Carrillo here. Thank you so much for the write-up. I really enjoy reading your work, and waking up… — Spencer Cole
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With just a tiny bit of research, Rincon Farms is a regenerative organic farm , yay ! I’m excited to try Monte’s, and equally as… — Janie
Sounds exactly like the person you don’t want to meet at a bar… — Zeljko
Will this health resort only be accessible for the wealthy? Is this a resort that the working class can also afford? — Evie
2021? Are you stuck down there? Do you need help? We’re up here in 2026. — Jenna
Yeah, you're clearly not their target market. — Jefferson A.