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.

Newsletter: June 27

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

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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.

All International Arrivals Are Now Required to Have a Negative Covid-19 Test

Other recent news: A path to reopening for La Casa de Maria; fundraising push for Carpinteria skatepark; Fiesta will have its marketplace once again; new midcentury home decor store in the Funk Zone; Reef & Run and Nite Moves are back; county supervisors approve 87-acre cannabis grow in wine country.

City Council Decides to Let Restaurant Parklets Stay for Now

More food news: Rincon Beach Bar is reverting to an event space; a Goleta Chinese restaurant is opening a Santa Barbara outpost; a profile of Triple Chip bakery; impressions of the restaurant at El Encanto. 3

A Bunch of New Shows at the Santa Barbara Bowl

Plus: Checking in on the construction of Ty Warner's botanical garden; a visit to OstrichLand USA; sweet shirt design from the Boom Boom Bike Room; Santa Barbara County Farm Day is in September; two jazz concerts at the Lobero Theatre; download your official vaccination record; Sullivan Goss goes "Organic." 8

Newsletter: June 23

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Hope Ranch Flooring Showroom Sells for $7.85 Million

Other notable sales include a 1937 Monterey Colonial in Montecito; a fixer/teardown on the back of Eucalyptus Hill; and the ones with an eerie tub, fancy Murphy bed, and akimbo staircase.

Why Are People So Slow to Ditch Their Masks?

Other recent news: People of color fare worse in Santa Barbara's criminal justice system; bike-rental program to expand to Funk Zone, the waterfront, and Coast Village Road; Santa Barbara Fair & Expo is this week; local designer who makes aprons and biodegradable garbage bags; development likely for lot behind Home Depot; got any Jonathan Winters anecdotes? 1