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May 13, 2026

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Newsletter: May 13

May 13, 2026|by Erik Torkells

ODDS & ENDS
••• Lotusland wants to add a bunch of buildings.
••• Yoga studio opened on the Mesa.
••• Two new retail tenants on State Street (above).
••• Muna to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore has begun accepting donations.
••• Hunt Slonem show.
••• Beige new buildings.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Private Lower Riviera house for $4.79 million; Christopher Lloyd’s compound on W. Mountain Drive; off-market floops of an Ennisbrook casita; 1977 three-bedroom near Montecito Union School; upside-down layout in the Lower Village; fire-damaged property above Cathedral Oaks Road; stylish San Roque; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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DAY TRIP
The spectacular new David Geffen Galleries building at LACMA aims to reinvent the museum-going experience, which it does with varying success.

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