The Right School Is Everything

A quality education makes all the difference in a child's development. Here are six programs that warrant a close look.

The Push for Public Access to Hollister Ranch Beaches

Other recent news: Changes coming to Cacique Street homeless shelter; a long look at California's insurance problem; county supervisors deny Sable Offshore permit transfer; improvements to Franklin Creek trail in Carpinteria; the tree of the month. 1

A Restaurant for People Who Love Restaurants

Opening tomorrow in Montecito's Upper Village, Little Mountain is the most ambitious, most polished, most exciting restaurant to debut here in many years. 22

Newsletter: November 5

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Hope Ranch Fixer Floopsed for $800,000 Loss

Last week's sales also include an off-market Montecito charmer; 1998 six-bedroom in Hope Ranch; Via Clarice for a loss; West Mesa spec reno for nearly $4.4 million; floopses of a Las Alturas project and a Riviera mini-compound; 40-acre avocado farm in Casitas Pass; and more. 4

Montecito Is Getting a Public Pickleball Court

Plus: Landscape designs for the Coast Village Road medians; new gym in the Funk Zone; 100 trees to be removed for the reconfiguration of the Los Patos Way off-ramp; Vandenberg Space Force Base's launch alerts are no longer useful; how to opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages; Rainbow Kitten Surprise returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl. 11

Hiking From Hotel to Hotel in the Dolomites

The Italian mountain range is a prime example of how certain destinations appear to become wildly popular overnight. But don't let that discourage you: our self-guided hiking trip was one of the best trips we've ever taken. Plus: Milan for the first time, and testing out an all-business-class airline. 5

Newsletter: November 2

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 4

Will McCormick House Become a Private Residence Once Again?

Noteworthy new listings also include East Coast–style traditional in Hope Ranch; turnkey Montecito with a catch; one of the quirkier living rooms we've seen in a while; cute 1930s bones in San Roque; and a woodsy specimen on the back of the Riviera. 2