Development Slated for a Prominent Block of State Street

The 36-apartment project has an appealing solution to the challenge of a mid-block parcel, but it also requires the demolition of two buildings.

Newsletter: August 26

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Lookout Park’s East End Renovation Is Almost Done

It has driftwood-topped pergolas, a bocce court, concrete ping-pong tables, and space for a food truck.

Bureaucratic Bickering Over the Olive Mill Roundabout

Other recent news: Fundraising drive for new Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network hospital; census update; UCSB sorority house flouted pandemic rules with a big party; school-board candidate Monie de Wit; fight over Junípero Serra statue in Solvang.

Casa Blanca Appears to Have Closed

More food news: Two new taquerias; praise for Noemi's Roman-style pizza; Caruso's has gone entirely prix fixe; a standout tartine at The Lark; Drunken Crab clarification; Revolver profile ands review; Paseo Nuevo closures; proposed fee on bottle purchases at county tasting rooms.

Let’s Stop Poisoning Owls and Hawks

Plus: Weekend limits on Montecito beach parking; Space Home & Garden's "safe soft opening"; Montecito Village storefront appears leased; "world-famous sculptor" looking for a rental; short film about Lotusland.

1915 House Given a Glamorous Makeover

When someone decorates a house to the nines, the way 1930 Emerson Avenue has been decorated, attention really must be paid.

Newsletter: August 24

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County May Punish Businesses Flouting Covid-19 Rules

Other recent news: Grenade found in garage got blown up in Pershing Park; where Montecito's name comes from; more on the Randall Road Debris Basin; Cottage Hospital seeks Covid-19 plasma donors; Q&As with school-board candidates Brian Campbell and Elrawd MacLearn.

Another Auction Ends With a Fizzle

Inventory new and old continues to get snapped up—often before any reductions are necessary. Here are the nine notable closings from the past week.