FIRST LOOK
The 250-room Funk Zone hotel is taking shape: designed by Cearnal Collective, the property will have 120 standard rooms and 130 extended-stay ones. Take a look at the floor plan and renderings.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Harry and Meghan are said to be working on a reality show.
••• The Independent declined to endorse a candidate for county sheriff.
••• Santa Barbara Police Department is having trouble hiring.
••• Montecito’s history of debris flows.
••• Free Covid testing and treatment from the state.
••• Some park activity fees will be going up.
••• Arroyo Hondo Preserve has reopened to the public.
••• The tree of the month is the jacaranda.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: French Regency compound in Birnam Wood for $15 million; Glen Oaks carriage house for $13 million; $8 million in the Hedgerow; French Normandy fixer; a house behind the CVS on Coast Village Road; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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Recent Comments
Not to out-pedanticize you, but as someone who worked in specialty coffee for over a decade, I must point out that your pedantic paradoxical parable… — Par King
I walk past that mysterious little pied-à-terre on E. Carrillo almost daily with my dog. Happy to catch some photos of the interior and courtyard.… — Marc
Not many boutique health resorts being built for the middle class Im afraid. On the plus side lots of jobs from construction and operations.🙂 — Don
Hi Erik, listing agent for 411 E. Carrillo here. Thank you so much for the write-up. I really enjoy reading your work, and waking up… — Spencer Cole
I'm glad there is an animal crossing — HoratioP
With just a tiny bit of research, Rincon Farms is a regenerative organic farm , yay ! I’m excited to try Monte’s, and equally as… — Janie
Sounds exactly like the person you don’t want to meet at a bar… — Zeljko
Will this health resort only be accessible for the wealthy? Is this a resort that the working class can also afford? — Evie
2021? Are you stuck down there? Do you need help? We’re up here in 2026. — Jenna
Yeah, you're clearly not their target market. — Jefferson A.