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December 14, 2025

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Newsletter: May 14

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May 13, 2025

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A Tastemaker Couple’s Stylish Riven Rock Retreat

Susan and Stephen Keeney, owners of European antiques mecca Lucca Antiques, seized on the opportunity to reimagine a Montecito home in their distinctive style—unpretentious, serene, and rich with texture.

  • Hot Property

Spanish Colonial Compound Sells for $10.6 Million

Last week's sales also include Provençal near the Upper Village; equestrian property east of Los Olivos; textbook 2020s spec reno; in the San Roque spider web; Summerland duplex; and more.

May 12, 2025

  • Burning Questions

What Are Those Old Pilings in Arroyo Burro Creek?

"There are old wooden pilings in Arroyo Burro Creek, just up from Hendry's Beach where it parallels the parking lot. They look like they could have supported a road bridge or some kind of pier. Any idea what they were for? I've been wondering forever!"

May 11, 2025

  • Odds & Ends

Opening Date for the Linden Square Complex in Carpinteria

Plus: A winning makeover on Garden Street; changes to a busy block downtown; Mācher's Santa Ynez shop opens this week; Mad Dogs & Englishmen is returning to Montecito; another outpost of the Well; upper De La Vina Street to be one-way during bridge replacement; "special parties" in the works at the Magic Castle Cabaret; a better look at the Hilton Santa Barbara's proposed expansion. 22

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Newsletter: May 11

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Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!) 2

May 10, 2025

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BEYOND LIGHT: Photographing the Unseen – a VADATalks Event

Join the Friends of VADA for a special viewing and fascinating discussion by two local and nationally renowned artists who make the unknown known, capturing beauty in distant stars and microscopic quantum processors alike.

May 9, 2025

  • Just Listed

This Hope Ranch Villa Keeps Getting Better

Noteworthy new listings also include new construction in the Montecito Ranch Estates for $29.5 million; contemporary gem on the Riviera; 1927 stone house by George Washington Smith; family-friendliness in Montecito Oaks; Mediterranean villa on the Eastside's edge; spiffy style on the Mesa and in San Roque; charming 1920s European architecture; Ojai ranch with a hilltop labyrinth; and more.

May 8, 2025

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Six Amazing Estates With a Front-Row View of the Pacific Ocean

At these oceanfront properties, nothing comes between you and the water—except beach.

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