Carpinteria Carpool Lanes Will Be Open by Next Month
Other recent news: I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival is back at the Mission; county sheriff candidates debate; school superintendent challenger backs out of election forum because she didn't like the rules; motorcycle sidecar tours come to Santa Barbara; UCSB's North Campus Open Space officially opens; Carpinteria to consider a moratorium on new chain businesses; avocado larceny. 2
The Push to Turn Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Into a “Clean Tech Innovation Park”
Plus: Santa Ynez Valley to host its first gay pride weekend; Toro Canyon house gets a $7 million price cut; Death Cab for Cutie and Yo La Tengo at the Bowl; author Geoff Dyer to speak at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; the 11th-annual Harbor Nautical Swap Meet is coming up; some thoughts on a new-ish Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco. 8
Music Venue and Speakeasy Planned for State Street Landmark
More food news: Finch & Fork has reopened with a new menu; cocktail bar with food opens next week in West Beach; new café in Carpinteria; more outdoor space at Field + Fort; Mariscos Santa Barbara has opened in Old Town Goleta; the Middle Eastern food at Third Window Brewing's Tamar pop-up. 3

























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Me too. It was such a bad decision to close it. — Sue Sadler
Thank you for copying and pasting from the article I just read. — Chet
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From everything I’ve read, the State of California did not grant a penny toward this street art project. The $100k grant is from the Bloomberg… — Pat
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