ODDS & ENDS
••• The Pad climbing gym opens this week (above).
••• Funk Zone vacant lot changed hands.
••• The Santa Barbara Indie Film Festival is coming up.
••• Highway 101 off-ramp to reopen.
••• Los Lobos coming to the Lobero.
••• Exhibit of photographs from the Heaven’s Gate set.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Hope Ranch equestrian property for $24 million; Hollister Ranch full share with macadamia orchard; 1980s Mediterranean near the back of San Ysidro Ranch; walkable to Montecito Union School; big views way above Goleta; Bel Air Knolls spec reno; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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SLOW NEWS WEEK
Who doesn’t love complaining about other people’s inability to park?
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