Feedback on the Full-Block Development in the Funk Zone

Other recent news: The county discovered 28 more Covid-19 deaths; four Presidio buildings are getting fixed up; resident vs. Milpas CVS store; school district and teachers come to an agreement; county probation supervisor allegedly embezzled $600,000; the proposed Montecito Sanitary District building.

Biltmore Employees Are Planning a Protest March

Plus: The route for the Fiesta car parade; Paseo Nuevo seeks pop-ups for empty stores, including the former L'Occitane one; proposed new five-story, 31,000-square-foot building on W. Anapamu; UCLA Health clinic on Coast Village Road; new Shoreline Drive house in the works. 1

Million-Dollar Price Jump for Midcentury Mini-Compound

The week’s top price adjustments include a George Washington Smith Tudor, Riviera villas in need of renovation and not, half a historic duplex on E. Canon Perdido, and more.

Newsletter: July 31

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Opening Date Set for Westside Pizza Shop Revolver

More food news: Special Italian dinner at Satellite; Red Pepper Chinese restaurant in Goleta has reopened; Dutch Garden looks like it might be coming back from the dead; Tino's Italian Grocery is back; in praise of Better Burrito; a profile of SB Paella Catering.

Unmasked People Will Only Be Ticketed as a Last Resort

Other recent news: Santa Barbara residents have received the mysterious seeds from China; five blocks of Anacapa Street got narrowed to one lane; cyclists must dismount on one block of State Street; man vs. trail graffiti; new season of UCSB Arts & Lectures; Carpinteria's Airplant Alchemy nursery.

Is There a Story Behind Lucky Penny’s Bell?

"I've been to Lucky Penny countless times, but I only just noticed the big bell outside the entrance," asks S. "Where did it come from? Does it ever get rung?"

The Lower Riviera in All Its Funky Glory

There's something for everyone in this roundup of noteworthy new listings—a $28 million mansion in Montecito, a charming Lutah Maria Riggs house from 1966, a two-bedroom San Roque cottage, and many more.

Groundbreaking for New 2.6-Mile Bike Path

Plus: Downtown inn for sale; fires at the Hot Springs trailhead; someone drove into Hudson Grace store; activity at a Montecito Country Mart space; 101 bike path closed below Carp this Friday.

Newsletter: July 29

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