Newsletter: November 6

FOOD STUFF
••• Blackbird is reopening as more of a bar.
••• A peek inside the work-in-progress Paradise Cafe.
••• New sushi restaurant not quite ready to open.
••• Neighbor Tim’s BBQ is closing.
••• Dutch Garden reboot now shooting for next year.
••• Flocking Fabulous wine.
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BIG CHANGES
A boutique hotel is proposed for downtown Carpinteria: the Surfliner Inn’s developers are locals who insist that they want to respect the town’s history, character, and charm.

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JUST LISTED
The week’s noteworthy new listings include midcentury both undercooked and overdone, a stylish house near Hammond’s Beach, an extremely cute former art studio, a 1929 Monterey Colonial that could use a fresh eye, and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• No real surprises in local election results.
••• Two abandoned oil wells off Summerland to finally be capped.
••• Clic founder Christiane Celle.
••• The fight for a wildlife crossing beneath the 101.
••• UCSB fans can have cardboard cutouts of themselves at basketball games.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• State Street is looking like a ghost town.
••• Mock suggestions for new tenants.
••• Sheryl Lowe jewelry store coming to Montecito.
••• Half-price days at Lotusland.
••• Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s trails and maze have reopened.
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