Newsletter: May 29

FOOD STUFF
••• The Bell’s folks are opening a bar in Los Olivos.
••• Montecito vegan market to close.
••• The Press Room gets a reprieve (above).
••• Aspen restaurant now said to be taking the former Cava space.
••• Merci’s burger pop-up is coming back.
••• Profile of Bar Le Côte executive sous chef (and half of the Gomez y Gomez pop-ups) Luis Gomez.
••• In praise of Pacific Pickle Works.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: One of the Hedgerow houses owned by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi; the historic Gaviota Coast ranch once owned by John Travolta; Rametto Road house with sweeping views; a sweet throwback in San Roque; a villa on Las Alturas; a 1948 cottage stylishly redone; and a bit of Moorishness on E. Cota Street.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• New 16-unit apartment complex proposed for State Street.
••• UCSB is offering tours of its Munger Hall mockup.
••• The Hidden Oaks Golf Club has changed hands.
••• Free outdoor movies at the courthouse.
••• Bob Dylan and Oliver Tree at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Notable TV Hill house for rent.
••• Hermosillo Road is getting a better bike lane.
••• The Montecito Trails Foundation launches the Hot Springs Stewardship Project.
••• What’s up with True Love Always?
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Should all the parklets on State Street be removed?
••• Covid infections are up but the healthcare system is handling it.
••• The Garden Street Hotel in the Funk Zone moved forward.
••• The county finally tightens some cannabis regulations.
••• This year’s county cannabis tax revenue is forecast to be 40 percent less than expected.
••• Local media discovers Pacaso fractional-ownership and its opponents.
••• Rules adjusted for irrigation wells.
••• A new two-mile trail east of Ventura.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations (again) to Karl for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.

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