Lookout Park Has Expanded
Plus: Hotel deals for locals and their guests; Light + Home's downtown pop-up; left-turn lane in the works for State and Mission; Google paid $16.8 million for Goleta land; another hotel changed hands; Ojai house tour; flamenco in a historic adobe; talk by the James Webb Space Telescope's lead project scientist. 1
State Street Promenade to Get Bike Lanes Again
Other recent news: Montecito debris nets to be removed; UCSB officially pulls the plug on Munger Hall; new refillable store in Goleta; the Modoc Road Multi-Use Path makes progress; proposed expansion of the Tajiguas Landfill; ExxonMobil subsidiary wants to repair an oil pipeline rather than build a new one; fiddling with the boundary of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary; real estate commissions could be headed for a change; the tree of the month. 7
Bossie’s Kitchen Is Serving Breakfast
And that includes doughnuts! More food news: Azul says it should finally open soon; the Polo Club restaurant has closed; wine and hors d'oeuvres at an outpost of Renaud's; new forecast for the Dart café at the harbor; a Carpinteria icon is no more; reader question about the Goleta Beach restaurant; profile of Oliver's chef Manny Juan. 2

























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