ODDS & ENDS
••• Santa Barbara Airport has added “VIP Concierge Service.”
••• The Biltmore now intends to fill in its unpermitted pool.
••• Heidi Merrick archive sale (above).
••• Habitat for Humanity is looking to reopen its Restore store.
••• Progress for the Electrify America charging station.
••• Orlebar Brown opened at the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Los Patos roundabout construction to start soon.
••• Retreat center on Painted Cave Road.
••• Namaste clothing boutique is moving.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
An hour north of Phoenix, down a long dirt road, is a luxury resort where boldfaced names have been savoring the sunshine and spring water for decades.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The effort to build a new pedestrian bridge over Highway 101.
••• The spectacular Pepper Hill house finally got published.
••• Santa Barbara’s new city administrator.
••• Some of the issues people have with county supervisor Das Williams.
••• Two school fields opened for after-hours use.
••• Understanding Santa Barbara’s Measure A.
••• Carpinteria Avenue mixed-use development moves forward.
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