Newsletter: June 8

HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Spectacular flip of a boxy Montecito estate; Hedgerow charmer; 1939 Montecito farmhouse; fresh renovation in San Roque; a sunny three-bedroom in Summerland for $500,000 over ask; Mission Canyon midcentury; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Hotel moratorium discussed by city council.
••• The county courthouse is going to undergo repairs.
••• Interview with embattled Santa Barbara school superintendent Hilda Maldonado.
••• Cosmetics entrepreneur bought in Montecito.
••• Update on the new Santa Barbara Police Department headquarters (above).
••• Paltry number of primary ballots submitted in advance.
••• Kids’ play area opens at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• State Street hotel project has been put on the market.
••• Another Jeff Shelton house is in the works.
••• Carpinteria’s two Motel 6 properties have been sold.
••• A longer explanation for the closure of Fairview Gardens.
••• Paintings by Orit Fuchs at Maune Contemporary.
••• Free opera rehearsal outside the courthouse.
••• Amusing sign in Los Alamos (above).
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