FOOD STUFF
Acme Hospitality confirmed what had been hinted for a while now: the new name of the Paradise Cafe space is La Paloma Cafe, same as it was before Paradise (as in the vintage photo above). And the food appears to be Mexican.
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HOT PROPERTY
In what passes for a slow week in Santa Barbara real estate these days, notable sales included two splendid—and very different—properties by Chester Carjola, another Sea Meadow house, a remarkable price for the Coast Village area, and more. See how much they went for….
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara County might go back to the purple tier.
••• UCSB staff member reportedly killed by being pushed off cliff.
••• More on the new Caldwell Snyder gallery.
••• The local behind a UVC lamp that kills microorganisms.
••• Progress for the Carpinteria Rincon Bluffs Preserve.
••• New SBPD crime map.
••• 14,000-square-foot Buellton entertainment center in the works (above).
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price adjustments include a chateau on the fourth tee, a midcentury-contemporary hybrid near Butterfly Beach, one of Jeff Shelton’s more subdued works, a trapezoidal house in West Beach, and more.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Sienna Castaneda-Layman for correctly identifying the location of this weather vane. We’ll play again soon.
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