ODDS & ENDS
••• Big Carpinteria development lands its first retail tenant.
••• A State Street bank is closing.
••• The Nesbitt mansion is back on the market (above).
••• More reasoning for MarBorg’s non-curbside rate hike.
••• Highway 217 work starts in April.
••• Jazz at the Ballroom returns to the Lobero Theatre.
••• Amusing construction sign.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Expanded 1905 Craftsman on an Upper East corner; oceanfront communal living in Isla Vista; attempted flip of a fun Hope Ranch house; Eucalyptus Hill renovation; three acres in Yankee Farm; a cutie in Los Alamos; and more.
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THE WAY IT WAS
The folks at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum went through the Gledhill Library collection to find old photos of Santa Barbara so we can play a game: can you identify these buildings?
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• $500,000 donation made toward expanding the Arroyo Hondo Preserve (photo by Bill Dewey).
••• The Miramar resort parking lot could be developed for employee housing.
••• The city of Santa Barbara wants more involvement in the proposed La Cumbre apartment complex.
••• Swim platform in the works off Montecito.
••• 2023 Fiesta theme and parade route.
••• The return of the Starr King Rummage Sale.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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