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The demand for beach property, beach homes and beach estates along the Santa Barbara CA coastline in the last several years has been extremely strong. We have seen some amazing price points established in the very high end market, with the highest reported sale in the last year being $15 Million...
02/12/2008
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The demand for beach property and beach estates along the Carpinteria, Summerland and Montecito CA coastline in the last several years has been extremely strong. We have seen some amazing price points established in the very high end market, with the highest reported sale in the last year being ...
02/12/2008
The WestsideThe "Westside Story" of Santa Barbarais laid in our city's first suburb to be initiated by Anglos rather than Hispanics; the Spanish genesis of the city was located on the Eastside. In 1850, when the United States annexed California to the Union, the Westside was open grazing range an...
02/08/2008
School districts in Santa Barbara are changing school menus in an extended effort to provide healthier food to our children. They are also trying to combat a well recognized obesity epidemic among young people in our country. The Director of Nutrition Services says, "the old menu was made up o...
02/07/2008
The local Santa Barbara Certified Farmer's Market is simply a huge blessing and treat for all those who live in the Santa Barbara area. Founded in 1983, the local Farmer's Market was established to provide California farmers with the ability to directly access a market for their agricultural pro...
02/06/2008
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The MesaMesa, a Spanish word meaning "table", has been applied to the flat bench of elevated land fronting the ocean along Santa Barbara's southwestern border since the mission days. Stretching from the Santa Barbara City College on the east and extending two and one-half miles to Arroyo Burro Co...
02/04/2008
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DowntownSanta Barbara's main thoroughfare, State Street, which divides the city of Santa Barbara between East and West, begins at Stearn's Wharf and continues for miles throughout the city. State Street itself is a microcosm of the entire city: filled with architectural beauty, performing arts an...
02/01/2008
The Upper EastIt is generally believed the Upper East is one of Santa Barbara's most prestigious neighborhoods. The "Upper East" is defined by its location east of State Street and above Valerio Street, and then eventually merges into the Mission Canyon neighborhood and the Riviera foothills.The ...
01/31/2008
Carpinteria and Summerland Real Estate areas for January 1, 2007 - December 31st, 2007I have summarized below an easy to look at brief outline of the overall statistics for the Santa Barbara Real Estate market for the Carpinteria and Summerland Real Estate areas for 2007:The total number of sin...
01/29/2008
Hope Ranch Real Estate for January 1, 2007 - December 31st, 2007. I have summarized below an easy to look at brief outline of the overall statistics for the Santa Barbara Real Estate market for the Hope Ranch area:The total number of single family homes sold was 37. Overall the average sales pr...
01/29/2008