FOOD STUFF
••• Salty at the Beach is under new ownership (above) and the former Chomp space will be a tapas bar.
••• First look at Local’s menu.
••• Could Trader Joe’s be opening a store in Carpinteria?
••• Chick-fil-A submitted plans to improve traffic flow.
••• Expanded hours for the new Saint Bibiana pizzeria.
••• Low Pigeon says much will remain the same.
••• Pico has a new chef.
••• Daniel’s Mexican Bakery appears to have closed.
••• Hummus Republic chain is opening in Isla Vista.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: new-build hacienda for $1.4 million over ask; a two-bedroom condo for just under $5 million; Coyote Road contemporary; 5,500-square-footer on the back of Eucalyptus Hill; Hope Ranch Tuscan; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• How much would you pay for a parking space downtown?
••• Loma Alta Drive reopening date.
••• Jake & Jones’s big market this Saturday.
••• Interior photos of oceanfront 603 Sand Point Road.
••• County to install flashing-light crosswalks in Montecito, Mission Canyon, and Goleta.
••• 1900 house slated for demolition.
••• Update on Santa Barbara Junior High’s wooden flagpole.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara looks for ways to pay for affordable housing.
••• The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is open once again.
••• Why you should vote to reelect county school superintendent Susan Salcido.
••• Santa Ynez General to open a shop at the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern (which appears delayed).
••• A new boutique in Santa Ynez (above).
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