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December 15, 2025

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Newsletter: December 10

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 1

December 8, 2023

  • Favorite Things

2023 Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 3

Shopping online is boring! Shopping in person is fun! Go find great things for the people you care about at our many terrific independent stores.

December 7, 2023

  • Odds & Ends

Emily Joubert Is Opening at the Montecito Country Mart

Plus: Domecíl has moved into its new space; Palma Colectiva's retail shop debuts tomorrow; Highway 101 onramp reopening; Pilates studio has new owner and name; photographer Broc Ellinger opened a State Street gallery; Festival of Holiday Toy Trains at Goleta Valley Library; Plaza Rubio homeowner wants to build a backyard skate ramp; three noteworthy recent comments. 6

December 6, 2023

  • News Roundup

By 2025, SpaceX Plans on Vandenberg Launches Every Three or Four Days

Other recent news: Womenswear brand d'Offay opened in El Paseo; Carpinteria residents sue cannabis farms over the foul smell; monarch butterfly season in Goleta; Lake Los Carneros footbridge repair is stalled; Camino Real Marketplace tree replacement; Goleta energy substation opens. 5

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Newsletter: December 6

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December 5, 2023

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  • Favorite Things

2023 Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 2

The best gifts come from the heart—and from local independent shops. 3

December 4, 2023

  • Hot Property

Montecito Ranch Estates House With Boar Statue Sells for $13 Million

Last week's sales also include the indoor/outdoor sunken bar in Birnam Wood; Alta Mesa three-bedroom for just under $4 million; renovated 1947 house in San Roque; Lower Riviera townhome; 2.81-acre vacant lot off San Antonio Creek Road; and more.

December 3, 2023

  • The Big Picture

A Wave of Change Is Headed for Montecito

The status quo long reigned in Montecito, for better and for worse. Then the pandemic inspired an influx of affluent new residents, and now an extraordinary amount of change—including ten new restaurants and dozens of shops—is following in their wake. 16

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Recent Comments

The owners of the Harbor restaurant should be ashamed of themselves. They made some bad decisions and should not have gotten involved in the restaurant… — Roy

4347 Marina Dr selling for $1000 sq ft seems off. There had to be something funky going on. — Pete

The owner of the Harbor Restaurant is not only a real estate agent he’s also a real estate attorney. Is he really trying to tell… — FoodieSB

And the most authentic and genuine store of all “The Santa Barbara Company” not even mentioned … — Jane Phila Rogers

Just went to the Copper Coffee Pot today and the Caserta Pizza was just as good as when it was L’Antica. Yay! — ElizabethW

I love the Surfing Cowboy Cap from Baja Montecito!! — john

Does the Après Ski party include a lift ticket? — Heidi Smith

Bravo, Music Academy of the West! — Deborah David

Santa Barbara Museum of Art gift shop has moved upstairs. Still a great place to shop with lots of Impressionist merchandise to match the GREAT… — LG

This is the box outside of Ca’ Dario at the corner of Anacapa and Victoria. — Mike

Restaurant News

  • The End of the Isla Vista Food Coop Downtown Market
  • Dart Coffee Co. Is Expanding to Summerland
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  • Pascucci Restaurant Will Close After 33 Years
  • Opening Date for Que at the Santa Barbara Public Market

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Walk With Me

  • The Arty Heart of Downtown Santa Barbara
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Burning Questions

  • What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
  • When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
  • What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
  • Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
  • Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
  • How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
  • What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?

Get Out of Town

  • An Old West Town in Wine Country
  • The Glorious Isolation of Santa Barbara Island
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  • A Ramble Through the English Countryside
  • Notes From Up North
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