FOOD STUFF
••• Mediterranean restaurant to open on De La Guerra Plaza (above).
••• Merci is gearing up to launch bistro-style dinner service.
••• Haas’s Fine Ice Cream has opened.
••• The Goleta outpost of Kyle’s Kitchen appears to be in flux.
••• Japanese food-and-sake show.
••• Thai-Chinese collaboration at Na Na Thai.
••• Lucky’s plans to open two more locations.
••• Summerland Winery is shutting down.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Storybook and stylish near the Upper Village; striking interiors on E. Mountain Drive; 2013 contemporary on Las Canoas; Yankee Farm opportunity; the toothpaste-colored house on Brinkerhoff Avenue; Hope Ranch floops; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• MarBorg’s massive new headquarters takes a step forward (above).
••• The Fiesta rodeo is in flux.
••• Sea animals are dying from a toxic algae bloom.
••• Aesthetic tweaks for the big apartment building proposed for Milpas Street.
••• New Carpinteria surf shop.
••• Senior housing on Laguna Street to get upsized.
••• The county’s expensive ambulance mess.
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Things like this damage communities by warehousing humans in shoeboxes then calling those "housing". Build-baby-build state incentives will NEVER fix the 'housing crisis' because it… — Steve
One less developer. I truly hope they cancel the entire project at Capitol hardware. Milpas Street is already such an unbearable cluster daily, with 18… — tina
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I suspect the two ships represent the Princesa and the Favorita, which anchored outside the old shallow bay at Goleta in 1782 (the bay was… — Kate P.
This is a story unto itself, an “outsider” researching the meaning behind the seal to help educate the locals who have no clue, not even… — Miss C
Much appreciation to the library staff for their deep dive into the archives for this. Love the close up photos of the tympanum. It's stunning! — ElizabethW