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October 2, 2022

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Newsletter: October 2

October 2, 2022|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Augie’s is starting to come together (above).
••• The name of the restaurant coming to the former Low Pigeon space.
••• Carpinteria restaurant opening a meat/fish shop.
••• Happy hour at Bettina.
••• Cottage Hospital’s Oak Park Market + Eatery.
••• The new Courtyard by Marriott will have a restaurant called St. Remy.
••• Tamar merchandise.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Total livability in the Upper East; a house with room to move on Camino Viejo; a sweet little 1947 cottage in Montecito; a main-drag lot with permitted mixed-use plans in Los Alamos; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara’s lax regulation of short-term rentals.
••• Changes coming to the Castillo Street undercrossing.
••• New state laws encourage residential development of commercial land.
••• More on UCSB’s controversial Munger Hall dorm.
••• Several burglars caught in flagrante delicto.
••• Cruise ship season has begun.
••• Appeals court blocks attempt to end offshore fracking moratorium.
••• Montecito Med Spa has opened.
••• Four cities came to an agreement with county sheriff over fees.
••• The tree of the month is the paperbark (above).
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Jake & Jones men’s shop has soft-opened.
••• New salon coming to De La Vina.
••• Retro signage is up at the Courtyard by Marriott on State Street (above).
••• Opera Santa Barbara presents “Tosca.”
••• Santa Barbara County Search & Rescue open house.
••• Ukrainian cultural celebration.
••• “Memories of Mountain Drive” at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Karl for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.

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