FOOD STUFF
••• New restaurant shoots for the “best damn wings ever” (above).
••• The Lark is now open for takeout.
••• Satellite has a walk-up counter.
••• A big honor for chef Daisy Ryan of Bell’s.
••• Onus Donuts reopens today.
••• One way to be a better restaurant patron.
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JUST LISTED
This week’s noteworthy new listings: A kitchen fit for an influencer; turnkey gem on the Riviera; Montecito beachfront that wants a renovation; Mesa neoclassical listed for the first time; appealing 1947 Spanish house on Diana Lane.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• House asking for twice the rent it asked for three years ago (above).
••• Channel Islands reopening strategy in the works.
••• Did Ellen and Portia get cold feet?
••• New fire restrictions in Los Padres National Forest.
••• Highway 101 median trees cut down.
••• Free rocks.
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WEATHER FORECAST
“It looks like we’ll see nice weather through the weekend,” says Jack Martin of Action Roofing. Email [email protected] to receive daily updates.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• State-run testing sites are twice as slow than expected.
••• Another military flyover.
••• City council seeks rent relief.
••• Miramar resort might reopen next week.
••• Grand jury finds yet again that the the Sheriff’s-Coroner’s Bureau is substandard.
••• Montecito garden renewal.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A stretching studio is opening on Coast Village Road.
••• Santa Barbara Airport now requires everyone to wear face masks.
••• Slacklining in Los Padres National Forest.
••• New book of Hank PItcher’s paintings.
••• Salty Brothers Soap Co. sets up shop on State Street.
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Chicken Little. 1236 State St. — Karl
Its not a retirement home- its a place to sleep. I laugh at “the lack of natural light/windows”- GET OUTSIDE! Go to the lagoon! Skate… — Christine!
This article says it all. Also, safe…? Right next to an airport? I wouldn’t let my kid near it. https://archinect.com/news/article/150286731/a-jail-masquerading-as-a-dormitory-architect-resigns-from-ucsb-over-a-ludicrous-charles-munger-designed-dorm — Elle
I would like to see the Sears building turned into a luxury cinema… — Dawn
This house is not an abandoned property! People live in the studio apartment which is on the property. Please don’t trespass. These folks enjoy their… — Alison McDermit
Yeah you’re 100% right. Terrible location for the pool. We need more fun rooftops in general. — Petw
Burn in hell Pacaso. — Steve Fort
Its the perfect solution- rise up vs spread out. Its not supposed to be the Rosewood- its a safe place to sleep and store your… — Christine!
Great plans for that stretch of State. It's a sleepy corridor, ripe for redevelopment. There are some architectural gems but the density is very low… — BW
Any idea what the Golf Course will become? Is their goal to restore and upgrade or just use the land for another real estate project? — Peter