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December 18, 2025

  • News Roundup

Montecito Homeowners Fight Effort to Reclaim Hot Springs Trailhead Parking

Other recent news: Who will donate the last $50,000 for the Plaza Del Mar bandshell?; Santa Barbara Airport, Amtrak, and city buses drop mask requirement; the Montecito Journal's new spinoff magazine; Carpinteria Skate Park moves forward; FAA revokes license of asinine YouTube pilot; drama at the Montecito Sanitary District; Goleta motel to become permanent housing for the homeless. 2

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Newsletter: April 24

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April 23, 2022

  • Just Listed

Something Completely Different in the Santa Ynez Valley

Noteworthy new listings also include Sand Point Road oceanfront for $23 million; a 1923 house in the Upper East; neighbors on the back of Eucalyptus Hill; Mission Canyon midcentury; a throwback in the Golden Quadrangle; and more.

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

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

April 22, 2022

  • Odds & Ends

A Spinning Studio Is Opening at Paseo Nuevo

Plus: Cat Power is playing the Lobero; the latest Jeff Bezos rumor; a new mobile dance class in Santa Barbara; Letter Perfect found its next home (and a new name); where Home Crush is opening in Summerland; "The Little Book of Montecito Writers." 1

April 21, 2022

  • Food Stuff

The Opening Date for Local on Coast Village Road

More food news: Hook & Press was worth the wait; new direction rumored for the Montecito Wine Bistro; Rare Society's Funk Zone steakhouse is now shooting for June; Santa Barbara Fish Market is opening a Goleta outpost; Montecito Deli & Market has opened under new management; what dinner at Bedda Mia is like; waterfront resort to have a ground-floor restaurant and rooftop bar; profile of Last of Seven pickle company. 2

April 20, 2022

  • Walk With Me

A Close-Up Look at TV Hill

TV Hill has a little bit of everything, including delightful houses off Cliff Drive, yardifacts galore, a parking lot with world-class views, 270 "Mediterranean-style" townhomes, hospice care, and a rich man's memorabilia stash. 3

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Newsletter: April 20

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April 19, 2022

  • Hot Property

Montecito Compound Sells for $14.5 Million, Doubling Value in a Year

Last week's sales also include a stylish specimen in Hope Ranch; a Hedgerow cutie that went for $3.2 million more than two years ago; a Mesa property for $550,000 over ask; a townhouse for $4.525 million; a 1925 stone house on the Riviera initially listed by the owner; and more.

  • Odds & Ends

Flagship Jewelry Shop Opening on State Street

Plus: The latest De La Guerra Plaza makeover plans (and the city is standing firm about no lawn); Home Crush to join the lineup of Summerland home stores; celebrating the Great American Songbook at the Lobero; a new Napa Valley hotel from Auberge Resorts; update on the Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project; what's showing at Maune Contemporary and Marcia Burtt Gallery.

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