WALK WITH ME
Montecito Trails Foundation president Ashlee Mayfield and I explore the surprisingly rural trails and roads east of Summerland, peering through fences and dishing dirt along the way.
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FOOD STUFF
••• The Lark is launching weekend brunch; take a look at the menu.
••• Goleta Beach Park restaurant won’t be called SeaLegs (above).
••• Sunstone’s rooftop tasting room in the Funk Zone moves forward.
••• L.A. restaurateur buys Sear Steakhouse in Solvang.
••• The Baker’s Table is relocating within Santa Ynez.
••• Mony’s is serving breakfast tacos and chilaquiles at Dart Coffee Garden [today].
••• Good Lion and Ramon Velazquez are partnering on a Ventura venture.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Desert modernism with Montecito views for $27 million; contemporary swagger in Hope Ranch; 1922 George Washington Smith estate walkable to Coast Village Road; the Richard Neutra house on the Riviera that burned down; a likely oceanfront teardown on Cliff Drive; and many more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Hollister Ranch public access delayed by 18 months.
••• Hollister Fire nearly totally contained.
••• Groundbreaking set for library plaza downtown.
••• Timeline for the new Santa Barbara Police Department headquarters.
••• Funding approved for Carpinteria Skate Park.
••• Four cities push back at Santa Barbara County Sheriff cost proposals.
••• State assembly candidate suspends campaig.
••• Westmont’s observatory reopens to the public.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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