FOOD STUFF
••• Via Maestra 42 is opening a wine bar nearby.
••• Plow & Angel to reopen with a new name.
••• Dang Burger debuted this week (above).
••• A peek through the window at Silvers Omakase.
••• The Bell’s folks are partnering with Bodega.
••• Poke restaurant coming to Paseo Nuevo.
••• Donut shop opening in Goleta.
••• Pueblo Pollo is now in Isla Vista.
••• Bree’osh’s terrific panettone.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Indoor-outdoor living taken to the next level; oceanfront on the private lane just past Hendry’s Beach; single-level sprawler across from Lotusland; semi-subterranean near Butterfly Beach; fresh renovation on the Riviera; Eucalyptus Hill fixer; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• First look inside Carpinteria’s new bookstore.
••• Montecito’s “welcome tree” has been cut down (above).
••• Jeff Shelton–designed T-shirts.
••• Coast Village Week is coming up.
••• Two new biographies of Pearl Chase.
••• Loud Flower Art Co. has opened on E. Haley Street.
••• Padaro Lane beach access and “road closed” signage.
••• A meeting about changes to Cliff Drive.
••• The Santa Claus Lane Bikeway is officially done.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The Summer Solstice Celebration theme is “Flights of Fancy.”
••• Rain is in the forecast (as is a wet winter in general).
••• Verdict in the trial over house bought by Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom.
••• Bitter battle between SBUSD teachers and leadership.
••• State Street tattoo parlor moved to the Mesa.
••• The history of Isla Vista.
••• More on the former Child Estate.
••• The mission of the U.S. Space Force.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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