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June 5, 2024

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Newsletter: June 5

June 5, 2024|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• Wunderkind is opening a second shop in Montecito.
••• The Bar Method appears to be opening downtown (above).
••• Solvang gay pride parade.
••• Sherman Oaks design studio/shop moving to the Santa Ynez Valley.
••• Christopher Cross to play the Lobero Theatre.
••• Vandenberg Space Force Base has a new motto.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1912 house remodeled by Lutah Maria Riggs for $17.425 million; Cove House Design’s spec reno on Alameda Padre Serra; two in Hope Ranch; Lower Village with pool; Shoreline Drive pocket listing; one with potential on the Riviera; sprawler above the Westside for $2.3 million off the initial ask; 1920 Structure of Merit in the Upper East; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara is considering a sales tax increase.
••• Many of the school district’s solar arrays have yet to function (above).
••• Criminal charges filed against landlord.
••• Mysterious fish die-off.
••• Old Town Antiques is closing.
••• The tree of the month.
••• County district attorneys vs. Carbmaster bread.
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