WELCOME WAGON
Now open in Montecito’s Upper Village, Little Mountain is the most ambitious, most polished, most exciting restaurant to debut here in many years.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Spiffy $20 million spec reno in Hope Ranch; thoroughly Tuscan compound; one of the Miramar resort’s neighbors; a winner near the San Roque spider web; 1887 Victorian on Brinkerhoff Avenue; beachfront contemporary south of La Conchita; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The push for public access to Hollister Ranch beaches.
••• Changes coming to Cacique Street homeless shelter.
••• A long look at California’s insurance problem.
••• County supervisors deny Sable Offshore permit transfer.
••• Improvements to Franklin Creek trail in Carpinteria.
••• The tree of the month.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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