FOOD STUFF
••• La Paloma Cafe and Teru open this week—here’s a first look at the menus for both restaurants.
••• Mochi doughnut maker ramping up this week.
••• More on the new Yona Redz taqueria.
••• Marvelously packaged Beato Chocolates from Ojai.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Burglaries at beach parking lots and trailheads.
••• Los Angeles County to pause outdoor dining.
••• Curfew instituted for Santa Barbara County.
••• Vandenberg Air Force Base didn’t make the U.S. Space Command cut.
••• Bike-sharing enrollment kiosks to be nine feet tall.
••• $51 million in new financing for Kate Farms.
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HOT PROPERTY
The week’s notable sales include a quick and profitable flip in the Hedgerow, a Mediterranean villa high up the hill, a pretty renovation on the Riviera, a 1920 George Washington Smith house, and 55 acres off Highway 154.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Upcoming auction of 207-acre oceanfront lot.
••• The renovation of Lookout Park’s east end is complete.
••• Sullivan Goss’s popular annual “100 Grand” show opens next week.
••• Help remove “non-native noxious weeds” from the frontcountry.
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WALK WITH ME
Let’s explore Coast Village Circle, where Montecito gets down to business.
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