ODDS & ENDS
••• A new family-friendly pool hall is opening downtown (above).
••• Changes at the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Another long Highway 101 off-ramp closure.
••• Anna Janelle Jewelry is moving to State Street.
••• Pacific Premier Bank got bought.
••• Work is underway on the downtown charging station.
••• New jiu-jitsu and self-defense studio.
••• Paul McCartney to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A wall of windows in El Caserio; 1980s architecture in Hope Ranch; the large house a contractor built for himself; a brief walk from the Mesa Lane beach steps; TV Hill fixer with a personality crisis; and Pacifica Graduate Institute’s 12-acre campus off Toro Canyon.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Indoor pickleball chain has plans to open in Goleta (above).
••• Update on the bill to stymie the development behind the Mission.
••• Dos Pueblos Ranch has a buyer.
••• Jensen Guitar & Music to close.
••• New hotel in an unwieldy location.
••• Downtown Ventura zone will remain off-limits to cars.
••• California considering strict defensible space rules.
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