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January 31, 2026

  • News Roundup

Countrywide’s Former CEO Is at War With the Montecito Club

Other recent news: Biltmore employees and Four Seasons head back to mediation; Santa Barbara man accused of running a Ponzi scheme; Riviera homeowner who illegally cut down trees now faces felony charges; UCSB has failed to build promised housing; homeless to be moved to motel for fire season; new home for at-risk young adults; L.A. County wants people to wear masks indoors because of the Delta variant of Covid-19. 2

  • Food Stuff

Carpinteria’s Good Plow Is Trying to Raise $48,000 So It Can Open

More food news: Sneak preview of Alessia Patisserie & Cafe; Peasants Feast in Solvang is spinning off a deli; new State Street hotel will have a ground-floor restaurant; Institution Ale's side patio seems just about ready; cacao drink at Twenty-Four Blackbirds. 10

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Newsletter: June 30

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June 29, 2021

  • Hot Property

Mesa Oceanfront Compound Sells for $10.375 Million

Other notable sales include a Coast Village sprawler; two off-market deals in Hope Ranch; a house with a roof deck you could land a plane on; Hedgerow property with contemporary interiors; and more.

  • News Roundup

Santa Barbara May Put the Homeless Up in a Motel for Four Months

Other recent news: QAD is being bought for $2 billion; the county is releasing cannabis applications and scoresheets; inside architect Robin Donaldson's 12,000-square-foot live-work compound; leather goods company Parker Clay is growing; So De Mel swimsuit showroom is closing; progress toward decommissioning two oil wells off Goleta. 3

June 28, 2021

  • Food Stuff

First Look at the Menus for Alessia Patisserie & Cafe

More food news: Woodland Hills restaurant is opening an outpost on State Street; Romanti-Ezer has closed; signs of life at Corazón Cocina in the Funk Zone; checking in with chef Justin West and his Market Forager business; tasty tortilla chips from Sweet Wheel Farms. 3

June 27, 2021

  • Odds & Ends

A Snazzy Upgrade in Downtown Carpinteria

Plus: The Montecito Club is getting a 1,100-square-foot "golf simulator facility"; $2 million price chop for a Shepard Mesa estate; 48-unit low-income housing proposed for N. La Cumbre Road; nine-unit complex proposed for S. Voluntario Street; new bus terminal in Goleta.

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Newsletter: June 27

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June 26, 2021

  • Guessing Game

Where in Santa Barbara…?

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

June 25, 2021

  • Just Listed

A Hot Tub With Hubba-Hubba Views

Other noteworthy new listings include the former Rancho San Marcos Golf Course, an Ennisbrook manor on steroids, an 1850s adobe wedged in the middle of a block, a cute cottage in the middle of San Roque's spider web, a Summerland house with a remarkable approach, and more.

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