JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A $46.5 million showstopper from Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi; a Picacho Lane estate for $45 million and a boxy neighbor three doors down; sunken indoor-outdoor bar in Birnam Wood; midcentury next to Knowlwood Tennis Club; 1921 Upper East cottage; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Chamber music at Bellosguardo.
••• Another Los Alamos landmark is for sale.
••• Screening of film about the origins of Plaza Rubio.
••• Guided tarantula walk.
••• The Courtyard by Marriott’s roof deck (above).
••• John Evans paintings at Caldwell Snyder.
••• Arts District get-together.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara proposes painful regulations for restaurant parklets.
••• Carpinteria votes to allow parklets.
••• Santa Barbara is said to be mulling an increase in the hotel tax.
••• Santa Barbara County is considering three new taxes.
••• Commuter train service from Ventura County is in the works.
••• Gate installed at the Hot Springs trailhead.
••• Two regional banks have merged.
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Recent Comments
I hope the new Pascucci will offer affordable lunches for those of us working in the area! — Kathie
A lot of price cuts on these higher priced properties. — Don
Not even a real name, absolutely nothing to help - I couldn't even finish this bot's diatribe. Yuck — Chet
Pickle Ball - for the people who can't play tennis or ping pong — Chet
The roads are horrible all over the city. I live on the Mesa and it is a joke. De La Vina is pothole breeding ground.… — Chet
Agreed. How about they ask, "would like to add a living wage tax above and beyond the tip?" Shameless — Chet
I agree. Idt these desert colors look good at all + they look out of place. The design standard seems to be morphing from Spanish… — John
Failing to plan is planning to fail. The resident population of SB is not the driving factor in planning to preserve our community nor how… — KG
Having toured the building I can confirm the section in question is an elevator. — Tom Wilson
Backside of Cliff Room! — Elliott