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August 26, 2026

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Newsletter: July 27

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  • Guessing Game

Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 1

July 25, 2025

  • Just Listed

Lower Village Beaut by George Washington Smith

Noteworthy new listings also include a turnkey farmhouse compound; Butterfly Beach mystery; midcentury style on Foothill Road in Carpinteria; Plaza Rubio with some work left to do; $27 million equestrian compound outside Santa Ynez.

July 24, 2025

  • News Roundup

The Imminent Reinvention of Cliff Drive

Other recent news: Proposed Westside path involves removing 33 trees; city to add more traffic enforcement vehicles with license plate readers; Museum of Contemporary Art canceled this year's Día de los Muertos event; the possible end of capital gains taxes on home sales. 7

July 23, 2025

  • Food Stuff

Lucky Penny Is Expanding to the Santa Ynez Valley

More food news: Luna Cafe is open in the former Judge for Yourself Cafe; Wylde Works has become Union; national politics has come to Old Town Coffee; the World of Pinot Noir is changing its business model; Kyle's Kitchen is opening near Target; Thai restaurant to take the Crudo space in Solvang; Hotel El Roblar's main restaurant has opened; first impressions of Pinyon's new Ventura outpost. 14

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Newsletter: July 23

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July 22, 2025

  • Odds & Ends

Another Huge Price Cut for the “Floating Home” in the Harbor

Plus: Update on the upper San Ysidro trail and Romero Jeepway; the Riviera "rain totems" have been moved; construction at the former Klaus Automotive building; answers to two questions about debris basins; Steve Martin riffing locally; exploring the Ventura River Parkway Trail to Ojai. 8

July 21, 2025

  • Hot Property

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Have Sold Pompeiian Court for a Second Time

Last week's sales also include a Riven Rock spread; fixer/teardown above the Upper Village; Hope Ranch starter home; Montecito Shores two-bedroom for a million off the initial ask; Coyote Road compound for a loss; and an old-school cottage across from Shoreline Park. 6

July 20, 2025

  • Walk With Me

East Meets West on Mountain Drive

The stretch of Mountain Drive between Cold Spring and Cielito is popular with walkers and cyclists because it's pretty and winding and flat—with enough quirk to compete with the view. 7

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Newsletter: July 20

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