GET OUT OF TOWN
With five million people living in the Phoenix metropolitan area, there has to be something interesting to do—besides play golf or lie by a pool—for a few days, right?
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Traditional gem in the Golden Quadrangle; spare renovation on School House Lane; foothill hacienda; dark, shingled, and woodsy on Eucalyptus Hill; spec reno at the heart of the San Roque spiderweb; two Montecito condos; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Longstanding Carpinteria surf shop to close (above).
••• Santa Barbara considers disincentivizing landlords to renovate.
••• Teacher layoffs by the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
••• County to increase oversight of battery storage systems.
••• “Restraining Order Violation” in Montecito.
••• More studies of noise impacts of space launches.
••• Cannabis farms required to install carbon scrubbers.
••• Lawsuit by residents affected by cannabis stench granted class-action status.
••• Cannabis farm goes bankrupt.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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What utterly hateful, obnoxious,ignorant comments on this post Really people, grownup — Kim
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