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The Mount Calvary Monastery & Retreat House is for sale: on five acres next to the Mission, the property has 21 bedrooms, a chapel, a meditation hut, and lush gardens. Take a look around.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 9/3
••• Landmark Montecito house bought by Tesla’s head designer.
••• Dylan Star boutique is moving to the Funk Zone.
••• Surge in county cannabis revenue.
••• Profile of musician Zach Gill.
••• Goleta allows businesses to put up shade tents.
••• Oil drilling in Los Padres National Forest.
••• The News-Press endorsed Trump again.
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FOOD STUFF
••• A new restaurant and inn in Wine Country (photo by Danielle Honea).
••• Cheeseburgers and fries [today] at Merci.
••• Honey B is baking bagels on Sundays.
••• An impassioned plea to save the Press Room.
••• Clever table markers at Satellite.
••• Excellent new Bell’s T-shirt.
••• Alisos Canyon is now officially an American Viticultural Area.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another store is leaving Santa Claus Lane.
••• Unmanned 9,260-square-foot battery array proposed.
••• County Board of Supervisors looking into new vacation-rental regulations.
••• Repairs to the San Ysidro Trail’s Psycho Slide.
••• Coastal Cleanup Month has begun.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price adjustments include rococo a gogo in Bel Air Knolls; a peach elephant, Padaro Lane beachfront, 21 acres west of Toro Canyon, a WASP delight, and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP 9/5
••• You might get to visit Rincon Island (photo by Antrandus).
••• Bacara is trying to close beach access at night.
••• Central Coast throws its hat in the ring for the Space Force headquarters.
••• Pier to Peak race postponed.
••• Interviews with two more school-board candidates.
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