BRAINSTORMING
A social media fumble had people excited about Erewhon opening in Santa Barbara, but that’s not happening anytime soon. Assuming the popular grocer does still intend to grace our city someday, let’s break down the rumored locations.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Oh-so-tasteful renovation in Bonnymede; an architect’s house in Birnam Wood; Lower Village midcentury-ish; East Valley Road starter home; bungalow above the Montecito Club golf course; and a winner in Goleta.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• A better look at the redevelopment of Paseo Nuevo (above).
••• The county may make it possible to build bigger.
••• Sable Offshore wants to install a facility in federal waters and transport oil by barge.
••• Remembering writer Ashleigh Brilliant.
••• Estimate for reopening Highway 1 in Big Sur.
••• The tree of the month is the African tulip tree.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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