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April 22, 2026

  • News Roundup

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.

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Newsletter: July 11

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July 10, 2021

  • Guessing Game

Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this photo was shot? Prove it in the comments. (We have a winner!) 4

July 9, 2021

  • Just Listed

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.

July 8, 2021

  • Odds & Ends

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...?"

  • Food Stuff

The San Ysidro Ranch Has a New Restaurant

More food news: Expanded summer hours at the Tuesday farmers' market (and a trick for opening plastic bags); more on Augie's tequila bar, opening downtown; what's new at the "biggest little farm"; Wylde Works now has a parklet on State Street; Low Pigeon mugs.

July 7, 2021

  • News Roundup

Should These Old Hangars Be Preserved?

Other recent news: Inflatable elephant spotted around town; Montecito Club's fight for as-built approval; water supplies and the drought situation; rapid Covid testing for travel and events; Circus Vargas opens this week; improvements to a Hope Ranch pedestrian bridge; new boat hotels in the Ventura harbor; Ojai home store; Solvang has been called an “adult Disneyland." 5

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Newsletter: July 7

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July 6, 2021

  • Food Stuff

Mesa Burger’s Parent Company Has Plans for Seven New Restaurants

More food news: Corazón Cocina's outpost at the Project reopens this week; a rave for La Paloma's new brunch service; vintage mobile bars for your next event; Bar Le Côte's summer collab tour; one Handlebar café is now opening earlier; Paso Robles cocktail bar; excellent croissants at Alessia Patisserie & Cafe.

  • Hot Property

Multimillion-Dollar Flip in the Golden Quadrangle

Other notable sales include two more Hope Ranch teardowns, a vacant lot on Riven Rock Road, a Yankee Farm property that needs updating, a cool little Mesa house, a West Beach townhouse for $2.7 million, and more. 1

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Just Listed

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Seth, a lot of us wanted and still want the promenade. Just because the people you know don’t doesn’t mean your thinking is universal. — Andy

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