Newsletter: October 20

FOOD STUFF
••• The new operator of the Goleta Beach restaurant (above).
••• More on the Montecito Country Mart’s decision not to renew Little Alex’s lease.
••• Indoor dining returns to Bettina.
••• Pali Wine Garden opens in the Funk Zone this Friday.
••• Kelpful and Santa Barbara Meat Company at the Saturday farmers’ market.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales include a Pepper Hill seller who hit the jackpot; a midcentury-style house on Beach Club Road; 32-acre oceanfront lot west of More Mesa; a successful flip on Sycamore Canyon; a Riviera fixer; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The Alisal Fire is now 53% contained. (Update: That was as of Saturday evening; it was at 97% as of last night.)
••• Costly damage to the county landfill’s new recycling facility.
••• How the Arroyo Hondo Preserve fared in the fire.
••• Cottage Urgent Care to open on Coast Village Road.
••• Two friends opened a barber shop.
••• The christening of the USS Santa Barbara.
••• The Australian flame tree is the tree of the month.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Athleta is opening a shop downtown.
••• Jeweler Marisa Mason has a new shop in Arlington Plaza.
••• Another worthy new home store in the Victoria Court complex.
••• Beautyhabit at the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Big teardown and rebuild on Sycamore Canyon Road.
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