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March 30, 2025

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Newsletter: March 30

March 30, 2025|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• The Ellwood has launched lunch service (above).
••• Cutler’s Distillery & Public House is now open for dinner.
••• Update on Carpinteria’s Linden Square complex.
••• Clarity on the changes at Dutch Garden.
••• Outstanding in the Field is hosting a dinner on Stearns Wharf.
••• Dom’s Taverna chef to cook at a dinner in Oregon.
••• Are there local low-alcohol IPAs?
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Renovated contemporary in Hope Ranch; a fixer two houses away; textbook spec reno on Foothill Lane; 1922 stunner in Mission Canyon; 1920s cottage given a sleek makeover; West Beach hot potato; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Goleta is working on a drone show for Independence Day.
••• A look inside three pretty homes.
••• Road restriping in Old Town Goleta appears to have hurt businesses (above).
••• Farmer Rodney Chow has died.
••• Is Highway 101’s new concrete divider already crumbling?
••• Channel Islands workers have been reinstated.
••• Federal cuts to affect two harbor properties.
••• Free local calls at Santa Barbara Airport.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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