JUST LISTED
Notable new listings: Suburban-style mansion asking $22.85 million; a mini-compound on 2.7 acres in Montecito; turnkey in the Golden Quadrangle; lovely Hedgerow house suffering from freeway problems; another wonky Jack Warner layout; Upper East Mediterranean in need of a good zhooshing; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Controversial magazine article called “false at its very core.”
••• County vaccine providers to join the state’s MyTurn system.
••• Buyer of $13.3 million estate revealed (above).
••• Santa Barbara Unified School District secondary schools have reopened.
••• Map of proposed bike paths.
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FOOD STUFF
••• A new restaurant in Scarlett Begonia’s former home (above).
••• Which bars and restaurants have been repeat pandemic offenders.
••• Sevtap Winery’s tasting room has opened.
••• Field + Fort’s excellent vegan sandwich.
••• Another home baker to check out.
••• Santa Barbara County considering allowing wider use of agricultural land.
••• Isla Vista Food Forest underway in Estero Park.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Biltmore reportedly canceled all 2021 weddings.
••• The Urban Flea Market expects to open soon (above).
••• Peek inside an apartment in a Jeff Shelton building.
••• Coast Village house comes back on the market after a $1.65 million price hike.
••• A gym wants to open near Dean coffee shop.
••• Highway 154’s Cold Spring Bridge is getting work done.
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HOT PROPERTY
What sold and for how much in yet another huge week for local real estate: A high-priced Montecito house that went for $1.7 million above ask; 1928 Tudor on three acres; new-build just off Olive Mill Road; five-acre Picacho Lane estate; two Mediterranean villas that went for at least $8 million; a glam 1919 villa; a sweet, sunny house in Toro Canyon; the Sears kit house on Wellington Avenue; and many more.
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