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April 1, 2026

  • Just Listed

A Kitchen Fit for an Influencer

Other noteworthy new listings: Turnkey gem on the Riviera; Montecito beachfront that wants a renovation; Mesa neoclassical listed for the first time; appealing 1947 Spanish house on Diana Lane.

  • Odds & Ends

Did Ellen and Portia Get Cold Feet?

Plus: Channel Islands reopening strategy in the works; house asking for twice the rent it asked for three years ago; new fire restrictions in Los Padres National Forest; Highway 101 median trees cut down; free rocks.

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Newsletter: May 13

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May 12, 2020

  • News Roundup

Santa Barbara Wants Restaurants to Expand Into Sidewalks, Streets, and Parking Lots

Other local news: There's talk of closing 13 blocks of State Street to cars; the state released guidelines for restaurant dining rooms; county reopening being slowed by Lompoc prison outbreak; pot-delivery business doing well; Botanik has a new greenhouse; Republican house candidate Andy Caldwell.

  • Burning Questions

What Are These Black Beetles That Are Everywhere This Spring?

"I don't remember them from previous years, at least not in these numbers," asks R. "And does nothing eat them? They would seem to be easy prey, since they meander around so slowly and often end up on their backs with their legs wriggling." The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has the answer. 1

May 11, 2020

  • Food Stuff

Two Former Loquita Chefs Are Selling Weekly Asian Dinners

More food news: Loquita, The Blue Owl, and Jeannine's on Coast Village Road have reopened; Rusty's Pizza in Summerland opened; profile of Organic Soup Kitchen.

May 10, 2020

  • Walk With Me

In the Heart of the Golden Quadrangle

The streets northwest of Montecito's Upper Village are home to impressive estates, storybook cottages, a Richard Neutra house, and an indignant French bulldog.

May 9, 2020

  • Odds & Ends

Updates on Two Other Big Funk Zone Projects

Plus: Lotusland reopens to the public soon; food drive today will exchange toilet paper for non-perishable food; Mate Gallery photography is on sale; marketing real estate during a pandemic.

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Newsletter: May 9

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May 8, 2020

  • Closing Doors

Nordstrom Will Close Its Santa Barbara Store

Given the state of retail even before the Covid-19 nightmare, this can hardly come as a shock—except perhaps to Paseo Nuevo, which assured everyone just last week that "Nordstrom isn't going anywhere."

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Just Listed

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  • Jeff Shelton’s Pistachio House in Downtown Santa Barbara

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That pink tape is from Nine Trails and can be removed. There may be blue tape on the trails as well. — MC

Harbor Restaurant and a different restaurant called Harbor Tavern - definitely will showing up at the wrong place. Lol — Joan M

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A tavern-style restaurant? It sounds out of place in the harbor. — Ins Ali

It was tax dollars that paid for the widening project anyway. At least a toll would more fairly source funding from those who use the… — Sean

It can do both - raise revenue for infrastructure investments & incentivize carpooling. — Sean

Wow, have to bring him up when talking about a local freeway widening issue, living rent free in there isn't he? — Jefferson A.

Toll lanes for single drivers are just a way to let rich people get by traffic. The incentive should be to carpool and not for… — Jan

Restaurant News

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  • A New Restaurant Space in Carpinteria
  • Rincon Brewery’s Funk Zone Outpost Is Closing
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Walk With Me

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Burning Questions

  • How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
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