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May 3, 2026

  • Price Cuts

A Former Finnish Ambassador’s Fanciful Retreat

The week's top price adjustments are mostly downward—including a funky Lower Riviera triplex and an architectural statement in east Montecito—but things being what they are these days, a couple went up. 2

August 27, 2020

  • News Roundup

The County Decided Not to Ratchet Up Covid-19 Rule Enforcement

Other recent news: Goleta School District won't apply for reopening waiver, and Santa Barbara is unsure; investigation into the career of police officer Jeremy Rogers; the Biltmore made an announcement to employees; more on the county's use of Roundup herbicide in creek beds; progress for new Goleta fire station.

  • Odds & Ends

County Beaches Limited to Active Recreation Over Labor Day Weekend

Plus: Marvelous photos of owls from the Ojai Raptor Center; Space NK's Montecito store has closed; Westerlay Orchids showroom sales to benefit Carp students in need; suggestion about Siteline's real estate coverage.

August 26, 2020

  • Just Listed

A Fourth Channel Drive House Is for Sale

Ten noteworthy properties new to market, including the Manana estate designed by Francis Underhill; a thin slice of Padaro Lane beachfront; Jeff Shelton in low-key mode; postmodern whimsy in Summerland; and a 1922 adobe.

  • Thinking Big

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.

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Newsletter: August 26

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August 25, 2020

  • Capital Improvements

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.

  • News Roundup

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.

  • Food Stuff

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.

August 24, 2020

  • Odds & Ends

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.

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