Hope Ranch Fixer Floopsed for $800,000 Loss
Last week's sales also include an off-market Montecito charmer; 1998 six-bedroom in Hope Ranch; Via Clarice for a loss; West Mesa spec reno for nearly $4.4 million; floopses of a Las Alturas project and a Riviera mini-compound; 40-acre avocado farm in Casitas Pass; and more. 4
Montecito Is Getting a Public Pickleball Court
Plus: Landscape designs for the Coast Village Road medians; new gym in the Funk Zone; 100 trees to be removed for the reconfiguration of the Los Patos Way off-ramp; Vandenberg Space Force Base's launch alerts are no longer useful; how to opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages; Rainbow Kitten Surprise returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl. 11
Hiking From Hotel to Hotel in the Dolomites
The Italian mountain range is a prime example of how certain destinations appear to become wildly popular overnight. But don't let that discourage you: our self-guided hiking trip was one of the best trips we've ever taken. Plus: Milan for the first time, and testing out an all-business-class airline. 5
Will McCormick House Become a Private Residence Once Again?
Noteworthy new listings also include East Coast–style traditional in Hope Ranch; turnkey Montecito with a catch; one of the quirkier living rooms we've seen in a while; cute 1930s bones in San Roque; and a woodsy specimen on the back of the Riviera. 2
Satellite’s Former Chef Is Opening a Vegetarian Bodega
More food news: First look at the menu at Little Mountain, now taking reservations; Rusty's could be planning an old-school arcade in the Funk Zone; the annual Miracle Christmas kitschfest is returning to Pearl Social; Coast Village Road tasting room to close; Mackenzie Market building may become a Brass Bird; Kanok Thai Cuisine has opened in Solvang. 15
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I'm wondering the same thing. Do they take the profit and roll it into that project or are they out of SB completely. — Pete
The site renderings show stairs and a switch-back incline from the sidewalk to the building. The bottle shop is all at street level. What accounts… — Sheraton
Thank you I was wondering this the other day when it was so beautiful out, standing over it while it stunk like creosote and tar.… — tina
That last photo of the South Coast Deli sign doesn't quite fit. On Saturday morning I was working at Dart Coffee/Tamar doing some gardening when… — Dan O. Seibert
Just so we're all clear: I am not a real estate agent, and I have no financial interest in whether a property sells. When I… — Erik Torkells
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So many businesses dropping out of Santa Ynez- Queen Cup Coffee, The General, Lucky Hen Larder, Asher, Brass Tack, now Cross Hatch- I predict businesses… — Christine!
The restrictions also only apply to projects with a planning permit, because the restriction is not an ordinance, rather it's a policy that gets applied… — Paul
Me too. It was such a bad decision to close it. — Sue Sadler
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