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Newsletter: May 12

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May 11, 2021

  • Guessing Game

Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this photo was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 2

  • Odds & Ends

A Visit to the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary

Plus: Covet is now open at the Montecito Country Mart; video of a bear's recent visit to a Montecito house; a beef with the Santa Barbara Bowl's ticketing platform; comedian Sebastian Maniscalco to perform here; a warning about oleander and eucalyptus.

May 10, 2021

  • News Roundup

Santa Barbara County Is Unlikely to Enter the Yellow Tier This Week

Other recent news: Richard Neutra house on the Riviera damaged by fire; CVS and Walmart pharmacies are offering walk-in Covid-19 vaccinations; San Ysidro Ranch now has a dedicated spa building; Santa Barbara's train station doesn't meet ADA standards.

May 9, 2021

  • Food Stuff

The Latest on the Effort to Replace the Cow Atop Bossie’s Kitchen

More food news: State Street tequila bar confirmed; NoTown Tavern has opened in Goleta; Tyger Tyger might actually be returning; application process has begun for the Beachside Bar Cafe space; the Bell's folks' parent company; profile of Sear Steakhouse in Solvang; new Solvang wine bar; café coming to the Meiners Oaks part of Ojai.

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Newsletter: May 9

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May 8, 2021

  • Hot Property

The Local Real Estate Boom Has One of Its Biggest Weeks Yet

Everything is selling, including a Butterfly Beach party palace for $23 million, a $16 million teardown, the belle of Coast Village, the one with the crenellated tower, Hope Ranch's Grayscale Manor, a French Normandy in the Hedgerow by George Washington Smith.

May 7, 2021

  • Odds & Ends

Mollusk’s New Shop Is Even Cooler Than the First One

Plus: More Mesa fell out of escrow; two more fall shows at the Santa Barbara Bowl; new-ish used record store on State Street; another big UCSB lease downtown; reopening date for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; the answer to last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?" 1

May 6, 2021

  • News Roundup

More Than 40 Percent of County Adults Are Fully Vaccinated

Other recent news: Santa Barbara loses fight over regulating short-term vacation rentals; more on the state bills that would allow rampant construction of housing; dogs sickened by county mulch; cannabis farm in wine country agrees to odor controls; Meagan Harmon appointed to California Coastal Commission; city grocery workers to receive "hazard pay." 3

May 5, 2021

  • First Look

Back-to-Back Roundabouts Proposed for Highway 101’s Cabrillo Interchange

The preliminary design for the stretch of Highway 101 between Olive Mill and Salinas Street replaces the left exit at Cabrillo with a right one, and it adds a new roundabout—which could end up making three in a row along Cabrillo Boulevard. 2

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Where is the airport? The Santa Barbara Airport is in Goteta. No!!!!! You cant say that! If you own a business on CVR you are… — Don

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Wasteful spending to change the NAME of post office!?!? Place names are handy. Giving a facility a person name is silly, impractical AND COSTLY! Stop… — Cate

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Concerning the budget shortfalls- funny the County just can’t see the connection between Sable operating & tax revenue flowing in. The CCC saw the glowing… — Christine!

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I graduated from Brooks Institute in 1965, married a lovely native of Montecito and adopted Santa Barbara as my home, not where I was born,… — Max Schnorf

I love Little Mountain and have been three times. The rice is $12 not $17 and it's swimming in butter not oil and everyone whose… — Leslie Westbrook

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