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November 14, 2019

  • Odds & Ends

Mulling Alternative Uses for the Oil Platforms

Plus: Womenswear boutique Rêver Atelier is having an opening party this weekend; Olive Mill roundabout discussion; Los Padres Forest Association wants your photos for its calendar; details on the Debris Flow Risk Map reveal.

November 8, 2019

  • News Roundup

A Visit to the New Virtual Reality Studio on State Street

Other recent news: Initiatives to curb homeless encampments get stymied; more on the new debris basin in Montecito; Caltrans has a plan to deal with Highway 1 traffic in Big Sur; one of the last drive-in theaters on the Central Coast is in peril.

October 28, 2019

  • Odds & Ends

The Cabrillo Pavilion Is Coming Along

Plus: Something called Marcus is opening on Coast Village Road; a George Washington Smith mansion from 1923 hits the market for $27.5 million; it was Messina, not Loggins, who lived on Hidden Valley Lane; two months of night work on Highway 154.

October 19, 2019

  • Odds & Ends

Mate Gallery Sale at Today’s Purge & Splurge Vintage Show

Plus: An update on the 101 work in Carpinteria; the Montecito Association mulls hiring private security; Hammonds Beach house finally sells; Milpas Street corridor survey.

October 14, 2019

  • Odds & Ends

A Couple of Imminent Teardowns

Plus: Best-case scenario for the Montecito Creek Bridge is now mid-December; scorpions; another empty retail space at the Montecito Country Mart; kite roosts in More Mesa.

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