FIRST LOOK
Lama Sama has opened in San Roque: Lama Dog Uptown is far larger—with more beer—than the Funk Zone original, and Sama San Roque has an appetizing menu of pub food.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1930 Tudor on the Lower Riviera; 1990s style in Birnam Wood; French country ranch house; Balinese ornamentation on a big West Mesa lot; redwood Craftsman chalet on the back of the Riviera; Lower Riviera teardown; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A new restaurant building on lower State Street.
••• Checking out Knapp’s Castle (above).
••• Rickie Lee Jones in concert.
••• New tenant on Coast Village Road.
••• City to shift from stone pines to oaks on E. Anapamu Street.
••• Noorsher Furniture & Rugs says it’ll be closing.
••• This year’s Ojai Studio Artists tour.
••• Two events for dance fans.
••• Fake spider webbing.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Stay tuned for an exciting announcement about the Library Plaza tomorrow….
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