Newsletter: September 8

FOOD STUFF
••• Alma Fonda Fina has opened.
••• Aperitivo’s new pop-up wine bar.
••• Revisiting Caruso’s (above), which now requires men to wear jackets.
••• Two Baking Brits dinner.
••• The revamped Starbucks at the Five Points Shopping Center.
••• Soul Bites is on the ropes.
••• Profiles of Seven Bar and Arnoldi’s Café.
••• The Santa Barbara Vegan Chef Challenge is on now.
••• A dark new look for the former Oliver’s building.
••• Patio Café morphs into a burger joint after lunch.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Modern makeover for a Montecito Mediterranean; a trio of houses on 16 acres in Noleta; stylish 1922 Craftsman redone by architect residents; charming 1930 Spanish on W. Los Olivos Street; textbook spec reno near Hale Park; Summerland hot potato; and more.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The handmade trail on Butterfly Beach.
••• Sandpiper Golf Club’s proposed new layout.
••• Planned Parenthood’s annual book sale.
••• Crackdown on outdoor shopping in Summerland.
••• Malcolm Gladwell to speak here.
••• Work to begin on the big county Probation Department building downtown.
••• Paintings by Carolyn Hubbs.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The debate over rent control in Santa Barbara.
••• Rise in stolen checks.
••• Vintage shop updates (including Your Vintage Neighbor, above).
••• Lucidity Festival is shutting down for good.
••• Goleta likely to lower speed limits.
••• Platform Holly has been plugged.
••• The county’s agricultural enterprise ordinance moves forward.
••• Eric Goode’s huge Ojai spread.
••• Positive feedback for the proposed Tri-County Produce project.
••• SBCC wants a bond extension.
••• The Surfliner Inn’s slow progress.
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