FURTHER AFIELD
Mattei’s Tavern in Los Olivos is being taken over by a world-class hotel company. The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, as the property will be known when it reopens in 2021, will have “a coffee bar porch” and “an open-air restaurant with a county fair energy.”
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JUST LISTED
A world of your own in Montecito’s Hedgerow: Built in 1924, 1530 Mimosa Lane has the charm of an older property, but it has been expertly updated. The house just feels right—and, even at $9 million, not overpriced. Take a look around.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• UCLA is rumored to be opening two medical centers here.
••• City and county might combine emergency dispatch services.
••• Entertaining debate recap.
••• Actor Christopher Lloyd listed his house (above).
••• Dubious cannabis accounting.
••• Western monarch butterfly population decimation.
••• La Casa de la Raza community center is back in trouble.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Homeless people have moved back near the Miramar resort.
••• Mountain lion spotted lying on Cold Spring Trail.
••• Photo of sinkhole repair at Turnpike Road onramp.
••• Film festival winners screened for free over the weekend.
••• Carp beachfront house sold (above).
••• Mercado El Rey and ice cream parlor opening on W. Montecito Street.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price reductions: A sweet, stylish compound near Coast Village Road (above); fancy Montecito estate with a pedigree; funky architecture across from San Ysidro Ranch; adorable 1920s house on APS; and big views offset by bad choices.
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Recent Comments
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So stoked on this piece! These benches always make me smile, and the story of how they’ve come to be is so wonderful. What a… — HSP
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For a seller not exactly doing a “flip,” but just trying to get out quickly with his or her pants still on, perhaps the more… — Jeff H
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