January 21, 2026
Notable new listings this week also include a San Roque fixer staged to the hilt, a Birnam Wood house in need of new surfaces, and a single-level four-bedroom in Park Highlands. 1
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December 8, 2020
Other recent news: Goleta man charged with having 92 firearms; Southern California Edison will pay $3.5 million for dumping into Mission Creek; overnight camping prohibited in Los Padres National Forest; Chumash Casino Resort refuses to pause operations.
Wedged between Hendry's Beach and Hope Ranch, the Yankee Farm neighborhood is like Brigadoon, but drier, with parts that feel as if they haven't changed in decades.
December 7, 2020
Other recent news: Large waves expected through tomorrow morning; the homeless situation at Pershing Park; monoliths atop a Santa Barbara building and in San Luis Obispo County.
Plus: New four-story building proposed for Santa Barbara Street; San Francisco gallery opened an outpost near the Arlington Theatre; SoCalGas's wireless telecom infrastructure; Merchant of Venice pop-up on Coast Village Road.
December 6, 2020
December 5, 2020
What must close and what may stay open, with restrictions. Other recent news: Sandpiper Golf Club wants to build a new underground clubhouse; Santa Barbara geologist Mike Hoover's new book about our water situation.
And that's just the properties that went for over $2 million. Noteworthy closings include the magnificent Sotto Il Monte mansion, gorgeous relic Stonehedge, an oceanfront fixer, and a 1910 gardener's "cottage." Plus: a big one from late October.
December 4, 2020
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I've been working as a gardener in Montecito and SB since Ronald Reagan was president. And as a working gardener I voted for the gas… — Dan O. Seibert
The ad in the Independent is correct. I was also on the non-human designed craft with Barney Hill of New Hampshire and can confirm that… — Rob
Beautiful watercolor! — ElizabethW
Wow... "there's always Google..." — Thomas John
Totally agree, and they need a fundraiser to finance this blight on nature — Art of el sueno
604 Santa Barbara Street, across from the new SBPD headquarters under construction. Happy to help but of course there's always Google.... — Erik Torkells
Could we get Mother Dough's address? It's not evident on their website — Meridith Moore
You happen to be in the minority of cases, so nice for you. Your class of housing is also not what’s housing most of the… — A
My reading is that it applies to most apartment buildings, which amount to most rentals, in SB. It’s pretty radical. The justification is mostly knee-jerk… — A
Glad to see the City take the minimalist and long-term least-expensive route with Francheschi. A little-used location with a house that was not particularly historical.… — Andy
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I've been working as a gardener in Montecito and SB since Ronald Reagan was president. And as a working gardener I voted for the gas… — Dan O. Seibert
The ad in the Independent is correct. I was also on the non-human designed craft with Barney Hill of New Hampshire and can confirm that… — Rob
Beautiful watercolor! — ElizabethW
Wow... "there's always Google..." — Thomas John
Totally agree, and they need a fundraiser to finance this blight on nature — Art of el sueno
604 Santa Barbara Street, across from the new SBPD headquarters under construction. Happy to help but of course there's always Google.... — Erik Torkells
Could we get Mother Dough's address? It's not evident on their website — Meridith Moore
You happen to be in the minority of cases, so nice for you. Your class of housing is also not what’s housing most of the… — A
My reading is that it applies to most apartment buildings, which amount to most rentals, in SB. It’s pretty radical. The justification is mostly knee-jerk… — A
Glad to see the City take the minimalist and long-term least-expensive route with Francheschi. A little-used location with a house that was not particularly historical.… — Andy