HOT PROPERTY
It was a truly major week for Santa Barbara real estate: The 22 sales—and that’s just the ones that were entered into the MLS—include a splashy contemporary on Butterfly Beach, part of the original Arcady estate, midcentury houses on the Riviera and in the Hedgerow, and many more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• The best bagels in Santa Barbara (and a terrific bialy, above).
••• Entrepreneurs who have started businesses during the pandemic.
••• Coast & Olive has reopened.
••• Inspiring posters at Handlebar.
••• Yoichi’s added sashimi to its bento box lineup.
••• Ye Olde Deli & Thai Food is now Thai Kitchen.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Eight-acre cannabis farm proposed for Carpinteria.
••• First glimpse of the stone-tower house being built on East Valley Road (courtesy Mary Beth Myers).
••• Santa Barbara Airport expansion.
••• Construction has started on the Las Positas/Modoc bike and pedestrian path.
••• New date for John Legend’s Santa Barbara Bowl show.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Paseo Nuevo’s lease extension hits a snag.
••• Mission Canyon trail to be closed for Southern California Edison repair work.
••• Cottage Health’s new urgent-care center in Goleta.
••• Free drive-through flu shots.
••• School-board candidates Wendy Sims-Moten and Devany Bechler.
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WALK WITH ME: BUNGALOW HAVEN
The neighborhood, which has been proposed as a historic district, is rich with Craftsman houses and sweet moments. Let’s explore it….
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