COMING SOON
Longtime Sakana chef Teruhisa Ogue is opening his own place. While sushi will obviously be a prime focus, the restaurant will also offer many hot dishes and elements of fusion throughout.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top reductions include a $2.6 million chop for oceanfront Hope Ranch, a 1912 estate with intricate shrubbery, a boxy contemporary with toilet issues, a 1980s palace in Ennisbrook, a French country house, a chunk of Lower Riviera funk, and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Hiking trails have reopened in Los Padres National Forest.
••• Ace Rivington’s store is moving.
••• Seda Custom Skincare is opening a second location.
••• Aman-inspired house also available as a rental.
••• Lotusland’s plant auction is online for the first time.
••• Plastic-bag recycling bin reappears at Vons.
••• An attempt to address Highway 101 congestion in Pismo Beach.
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WEATHER FORECAST
“Today will be nice overall, with the mercury beginning to rise and highs in the low-to-mid 80s,” says Jack Martin of Action Roofing. “Tonight, we’re looking at a wind event in the Montecito hills, as high pressure and offshore flow moves in. Monday though Thursday, we will be under a Santa Ana event, with highs for all climbing into the 90s. The heat will begin to back off Friday, but still the temperature will still be in the mid 80s.” Email [email protected] to receive daily updates.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Barbareño’s pizza spinoff is back with a new name.
••• Profiles of Arnoldi’s Cafe and Cristino’s Bakery.
••• Nice use of plexiglass at Sakana.
••• Old Town Coffee is now selling the beans from its roastery.
••• Short film and discussion about growing mussels off the coast of Santa Barbara.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara weighs more affordable housing for new developments.
••• Congressperson Salud Carbajal contracted Covid-19, likely from a senator who attended the infamous White House event.
••• Cameron Ely’s shooting declared a justifiable homicide despite evidence to the contrary.
••• The state has added a “health equity metric” for reopening.
••• Virus outbreak at Santa Maria nursing facility.
••• Bacara and the Haskell’s Beach homeless problem.
••• Santa Ynez Valley cannabis appeal denied.
••• Milpas geyser.
••• School-board candidate Wendy Sims-Moten.
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