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June 24, 2026

  • Odds & Ends

Pepper Hill’s Underground Lair Is Getting Landscaped

Plus: Initial steps toward redoing the West Beach wading pool; new tenant for the other half of the Greyhound bus station; Khruangbin at the Santa Barbara Bowl; watercolors at Thomas Reynolds Gallery; survey regarding fitness equipment at Dwight Murphy Field; New York City gallery popping up in the Funk Zone. 1

July 14, 2021

  • Walk With Me

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

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Newsletter: July 14

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July 13, 2021

  • Odds & Ends

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.

  • Hot Property

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.

July 12, 2021

  • Food Stuff

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.

July 11, 2021

  • 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.

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Just Listed

  • Ennisbrook Château Given a Contemporary Makeover
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Recent Comments

Agree with the spirit of Joe S and George... find another location for the siding! Don't destroy a beautiful little lane that the public enjoys-… — PF

Be careful about your generalizing, A. We have 6 residents on Padaro in their 90s, on a fixed income and social security. Some of us… — Kaye

Speaking as a Padaro resident, BG, that is not accurate. Not all of us have carved out parking spaces on Padaro, and most of those… — Kaye

Agreed Joe S! The recently purposed second track would cause tree lined Padaro, my favorite biking route, to lose most of the trees including old… — George

Thanks for giving Whisper a shout out. It’s such a special way to experience the waterfront in Santa Barbara (and surprisingly affordable!). We also run… — Rebecca

The proposed second train track location would be better situated between the SB station and the Goleta Station. More room. Less tree removal. Could be… — Joe S.

This is inaccurate, Dennis. While there are Eucs that were planted over 100 years ago along Padaro, they are not the majority of trees. There… — DW

A little correction anyone can verify by walking the Lane. There are very few euchs along Padaro Lane. The most abundant species on the west… — Suzanne Duca

The people making the environmentalist argument just flew in from Aspen on private jets. — A

Wow, great list. For a small town, we have a lot to offer. Lotusland is my favorite place on earth and the Music Academy is… — Jilt

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