Where the Streets Have Full Names

Pinched between the airport and Highway 101 is an industrial area that benefits from the kind of closer inspection that only walking can provide. 4

Newsletter: July 14

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Buyer of Half-Built Estate to Tear It Down and Start Over

Plus: The return of the Hope Ranch "volcano"; the Santa Barbara Zoo's rare Amur leopard is pregnant; bear spotted on the Lower Riviera; northbound 101 onramp at Casitas Pass slated to reopen; Robert Cray Band to play the Lobero; an amusing sign at Evan's Relaxing Station; the 1860 adobe embedded off E. Figueroa.

Big House Sells for a Very Big Price

Other notable sales: Eight-figure off-market in Ennisbrook; Eucalyptus Hill midcentury itching for a makeover; house on seven acres northeast of the botanical garden; Upper East bungalow; and more.

Jeannine’s Has Soft-Opened at State and Cabrillo

And its Upper State location has reopened. More food news: The Good Plow's fundraising drive was successful; Golden Line Coffee is now open Fridays; alfresco dinner with Get Hooked Seafood and Fairview Gardens; Backstage Kitchen & Bar has rebranded; Dune Coffee Roasters shirts.

Travel In and Out of Santa Barbara Is Way Up

Other recent news: The Planning Commission insists on changes from the Montecito Club; a new location for this fall's California Avocado Festival; Marymount School has changed its name; Floyd Mayweather boxing studio opening here; two brothers have picked up tons of garbage this summer; News-Press rebuked by the National Labor Relations Board; the restoration of All Saints-by-the-Sea church is complete.

Newsletter: July 11

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

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A Sexy, Contemporary Left Turn by Jeff Shelton

Noteworthy new listings also include midcentury architecture on the Riviera; that ostentatious mansion below McMenemy Trail; a 1933 house on Picacho Lane; a grande dame in the Upper East; and many more.

Another Leaking Oil Well on Summerland Beach Is Getting Capped

Plus: Checking out the new Montecito Mercantile shop; the Wallflowers to play the Lobero; $5 million price cut; the Seaside Makers shop in Paseo Nuevo is open; the winner of last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?"