FOOD STUFF
••• The Miramar resort is adding more shops and another restaurant.
••• Secret Bao is on a break.
••• The new restaurant at the Ice in Paradise rink.
••• The Goleta outpost of Tap Thai has opened.
••• Better Burrito update.
••• Pacific Health Foods in Carpinteria has remodeled.
••• Bettina’s clam pie.
••• What to do with used corks.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales included a sweet Hope Ranch oceanfront that went for $2 million over ask; a 50-acre lot on the far side of Toro Canyon; a contemporary Riviera for $7.25 million; an adorable 1929 Hedgerow house; a successful flip on Bella Vista; an “Aspen-inspired retreat” in San Roque; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Low voter turnout expected in city election.
••• Drama at the election’s finish line.
••• Monarch butterflies are slowly returning to Goleta, but in low numbers.
••• An increase in women board members at the region’s publicly traded companies.
••• Morro Bay’s power plant stacks are to be demolished. (Pictured: detail of a photo by TheConduqtor via Wikimedia Commons.)
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A new paper and crafting store on Upper State.
••• Mujeres Makers Market’s Dia de Los Muertos celebration this weekend.
••• Adult-only nights at MOXI.
••• Women’s fashion brand Dôen is opening in Montecito.
••• LAX now has reserved parking.
••• What looks like a Riviera footpath on Google Maps.
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