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School House Road and Camphor Place

This is the first in a series of fortnightly walks, on streets chosen more or less at random. Because when you slow down for a stroll, you see so much more compared to when you drive.

Newsletter: October 31

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This Could Be the View Through Your Front Door

Open houses this weekend: A circa-1900 gem on the Lower Riviera; a big new-build house above Westmont College; modernist pizzazz on Sea Ranch Drive; Montecito retreat with a cool, louche vibe; a fresh spec renovation; and many more.

SeaVees and Iron & Resin Are Having a Sample Sale This Weekend

Plus: A better look at the huge house under construction on Pepper Hill; schedule changes for flights to Denver; a proud contractor; when architecture makes way for trees.

Ocean Views Don’t Get More Widescreen Than This

From the upstairs terrace, you can see the sun rise to the left and set to the right. Below you lies all Montecito.

Could Little Dom’s Seafood Debut as Carp’s Best Restaurant?

More food news and notes: A likely change in direction at the Four Seasons Biltmore's restaurant; Ca' Dario Pizza has closed; Lazy Acres pays $5,000 over mislabeled pizza; crème and punishment.

The Cabrillo Pavilion Is Coming Along

Plus: Something called Marcus is opening on Coast Village Road; a George Washington Smith mansion from 1923 hits the market for $27.5 million; it was Messina, not Loggins, who lived on Hidden Valley Lane; two months of night work on Highway 154.

Is the New Target Store Worth the Schlep?

The gargantuan new Target store in Goleta aims to have a bit of everything, so you can one-stop shop. But why all the empty shelves?

Newsletter: October 28

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New Nonstop Flights Between Santa Barbara and Chicago

Other recent news: Montecito rate hike if it buys water from Santa Barbara; local teen runs a popular news aggregator; seagulls spoiling Channel Islands with "processed food and puked-up trash"; Latino organization La Casa de la Raza is struggling.