
ODDS & ENDS
••• A better look at the development next to the Santa Barbara Cemetery (above).
••• New renderings of the apartment building proposed for the old Cantwell’s location.
••• Self-guided architecture tour.
••• Screening of Memoria, starring Tilda Swinton.
••• Confusing signs on the Edison Catway.
••• Neat downtown office building for sale.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1922 Riviera villa with va-va-voom; an East Valley Road remodel; Arcady flip attempt; spec renos in the Hedgerow and San Roque; ground-floor beachfront condo in Carp; Ortega Ridge quirk; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• A faster track for the Miramar’s retail and housing expansion (rendering above).
••• The new owner of Buellton landmark Pea Soup Andersen’s.
••• California to finally ban the sale of all plastic bags at grocery stores.
••• Buyer found for the News-Press’s physical archive.
••• Bomb thrown inside a Santa Maria courthouse building.
••• The tree of the month.
••• The Riv’s ode to Bianca Censori.
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