BURNING QUESTIONS
“How can I make a request for you to investigate that huge red high-heel shoe before Seacliff on the northbound 101?” asked S. No one has taken credit for the shoe, which appears to have debuted in February, but theories abound: the shoe was part of an American Heart Association publicity campaign, or a prank, or placed there by a real-estate agency as a joke. An investigation.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• United Airlines is launching daily service to Chicago (photo courtesy Choose Chicago).
••• Remembering former mayor Hal Conklin.
••• SBPD’s embattled public information officer won’t be returning next year.
••• A new low-cost airline is using Burbank as a hub.
••• MarBorg’s expansion moves forward.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Costa restaurant on East Beach is opening soon (above).
••• The Daisy resumes normal service this Friday evening.
••• Italian dessert restaurant rumored for State Street.
••• Profile of chef John Wayne Formica of Pico in Los Alamos.
••• Food truck El Pastorcito has opened a pop-up restaurant.
••• The Rascals residency at Bibi Ji is ending.
••• Mixed signals from the Greenhouse on Milpas.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• How the hilltop barons made Santa Barbara what it is today.
••• A new slate of shows at the Lobero Theatre.
••• My Morning Jacket to play the Bowl.
••• SeaVees footwear sale.
••• Another look at the “Balinese farmhouse” currently on the market.
••• What the Montecito Water District’s radio collector devices will look like.
••• Ticks spotted on front-country trails.
••• Progress on a bike trail through Carpinteria.
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