FOOD STUFF
••• Secret Bao aims to soft-open this week.
••• Bettina is starting up table service (above).
••• The Funk Zone Bier Garten has opened.
••• An intriguing new restaurant in Lompoc.
••• A new bagel flavor from Bagel Boiz.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Wayfarer hotel has been rebranded (and is now a Marriott).
••• Prominent new Miramar Beach house in the works (above).
••• Montecito frame shop has closed.
••• New sidewalks on Hot Springs Road.
••• Hollister store has opened in Paseo Nuevo.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• More occupations are now eligible for vaccinations.
••• American Airlines will start limited service between Santa Barbara and Chicago.
••• Actor Bryan Cranston listed his beach house (above).
••• County sheriff’s department questioned about rate hike.
••• Water agencies want the right to sell surplus water.
••• More on the push for Coast Village Road improvements.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Lurid green bike lanes are being painted on the State Street Promenade.
••• First look at a new condominium development on E. Canon Perdido.
••• New salon specializing in curly hair.
••• Proposed addition to a Richard Neutra house in the Upper East.
••• Ed Lister’s colorful prints.
••• Off-duty police on patrol.
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INTERESTING CHOICES
Thank goodness for homeowners’ quirks—looking at real estate would be a lot less fun without them. Above: the indoor-outdoor lifestyle.
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