Your Soundtrack to Summer: Music Academy of the West’s 2025 Summer Music Festival

Eight exhilarating weeks of world-class performances, masterclasses, and immersive experiences featuring the next generation of classical musicians alongside leading artists of today.

1932 Reginald Johnson in the Golden Quadrangle Sells for $10.25 Million

Last week's sales also include a Birnam Wood contemporary; 1925 Riviera Tudor by Winsor Soule; Cape Cod five-bedroom next to the Hope Ranch tennis courts; one of Lutah Maria Riggs's lesser works; 1928 floops in Hope Ranch; 1940 Mediterranean on the Lower Riviera; Upper East off-market; and more. 2

A Music Festival Is Coming to the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club

Plus: Two new boutiques selling women's apparel; Mācher‘s Linden Square shop opens this week; another development site in the Haley Street Corridor?; the state of the Tesla chargers at the Miramar resort; new local streaming radio station; awkward typography on the San Ysidro Road off-ramp sign; ZZ Top to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; pronouncing "jacaranda." 16

Nearly 200 Housing Units Proposed for the Carpinteria Bluffs

The previous plan for a hotel and regenerative farm, despised by locals, is starting to look pretty good. 42

Newsletter: June 29

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

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

Supercool Midcentury in the Heart of Montecito

Noteworthy new listings also include the 1931 George Washington Smith house at the end of Plaza Rubio; Montecito one-bedroom for $5.7 million; bluff-front hexadecagon next to the Thousand Steps; Hope Ranch renovation; 1898 Lower Riviera compound; beautiful floors in Mission Canyon; high-design ADU on the Mesa; and more. 3

El Encanto Is Being Sold

Belmond has confirmed the longstanding rumor that it's selling the iconic Riviera resort. 10

Paseo Nuevo Housing Ambitions Cut in Half

Other recent news: Mayor Randy Rowse is running for re-election; remembering architect Henry Lenny; architects and planners protest two misguided Santa Barbara developments; the Trump administration wants to allow new oil and gas extraction in the California Coastal National Monument and Carrizo Plain National Monument; a visit to the post-facelift Ritz-Carlton Bacara. 15

A Finger on the Pulse of Birnam Wood

When it comes to real estate, the Montecito community is a micromarket with its own rules—and no one knows that better than Ryan Malmsten of Santa Barbara Brokers. In the past year, he has been involved in five transactions there, representing both buyers and sellers.