ODDS & ENDS
••• Highway 101 construction is about to move north.
••• Big Yellow House sold.
••• Bob Dylan and Jungle return to the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• What’s next for the little stone building on Cabrillo Boulevard?
••• Surprises on the Music Academy of the West’s Summer Festival lineup.
••• More on the sale of The Post.
••• Neighbor Neighbor consignment shop opened downtown.
••• Free mosquitofish; magical realist art.
••• La La Land production-design show.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Classic Montecito compound resuscitated in style; 31-acre equestrian property east of Toro Canyon; Hot Springs Road hacienda complex; mountain views in Pepper Hill; the Riviera house that Alex D’Alfonso built for himself; 1915 Craftsman with extra land on a swell Upper East block; San Roque Tudor; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Overnight RV camping lot proposed at East Beach (above).
••• Costco is looking into the possibility of a Goleta gas station.
••• A quartet of interesting homes.
••• Inside Montecito’s Pig House.
••• Could Isla Vista become a city?
••• Self-storage with social aspect coming downtown.
••• The tree of the month.
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