What’s Next for the Ortega Park Murals

Plus: The Channel Islands are open again; explaining the past year in Santa Barbara real estate; another award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival; street sweeping to resume; wherefore the bells toll.

Newsletter: January 31

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The Real Estate Market Shows No Signs of Slowing Down

Everything continues to sell—high, low, turnkey, and not. Among the interesting properties to change hands: a Hedgerow charmer, the weirdest house on the Riviera, a split personality in Birnam Wood, a Hope Ranch fixer in its first time on the market in 70 years, and a cute 1936 house on a secret downtown street.

Where in Santa Barbara…?

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Is It Too Early to Call This the Real Estate Bargain of the Year?

Someone snagged 207 acres just west of the Ritz-Carlton Bacara—with a mile and a half of ocean frontage—for a song.

Biden Moves Toward Banning New Offshore Drilling Here

Other recent news: Santa Barbara City Council votes to require union labor on some construction projects; Montecito Journal argues that county vaccination regulations should be flouted; SBPD likely to get body cameras soon; thefts of catalytic converters are on the rise; Summerland tennis court renovation; artist Andrew Leonard's fresh take on Santa Barbara locales.

First Look at the Montecito Water Tank House

Plus: A new online store selling local handmade goods; The Well's third house has opened; the layout of the Mattei's Tavern resort; Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Outstanding Performer of the Year award; development likely for a corner lot downtown.

10 New Restaurants on the Horizon

Despite the devastation that pandemic restrictions have wrought on the restaurant industry, we have a bunch of new establishments to look forward to in coming months. 2

Newsletter: January 27

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The Drought of New Listings Appears to Be Over

Could sellers be optimistic the vaccines will allow them to move somewhere else? And/or are they afraid the boom might end soon? Either way, there's a lot of new inventory to check out....