🌱 How new 101 ramps and closures will reshape Montecito driving routes
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In today's newsletter:
- How new 101 ramps and closures will reshape Montecito driving routes
- Why one Butterfly Lane “Pig House” has Montecito neighbors fuming and fascinated
Also on today's calendar: Montecito Book Club.
Today's riddle: What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Areas of fog, then sun, with a high of 76 and low of 57 degrees.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 75, low: 55.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 76 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Hwy 101 Widening Project's Final Stage to Begin This Spring (noozhawk.com) — Major changes are coming for Montecito drivers as the final phase of the Highway 101 widening begins this spring, including a new roundabout by Montecito Country Club and long-term ramp closures. The Los Patos southbound off-ramp, used to reach businesses near the Post in Montecito, will be permanently closed for safety reasons, while nearby ramps at Cabrillo Boulevard are expected to stay shut until 2028. 
• Billionaire neighbors go to war with iconic Montecito ‘Pig House' (nypost.com) — A quirky Butterfly Lane home in Montecito, crammed with roughly 6,000 pig figurines, is frustrating some neighbors while delighting tourists who slow down to gawk. Owner Nikki Grosso sees the collection as a decades-long tribute to her late husband, but tensions continue as pieces reportedly go missing and she prepares to sell the house and eventually auction off the pigs.
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Godmothers Gather: Nicki Sizemore & Jennifer Freed
Godmothers, 2280 Lillie Ave, Summerland
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Carpinteria Knitters Group
Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria
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Daytime Sewing and Mending Club
EE Makerspace, 302 East Cota St, Santa Barbara
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Coffeee Culture Festival
The Luke Theatre, 721 E. Cota Street, Santa Barbara
9:00 am -
Crafternoons for Kids
EE Makerspace, 302 East Cota St, Santa Barbara
10:00 am -
Carpinteria Songwriters Circle
Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria
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Science for Teens
Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria
11:00 am -
Spring Travel Surf Camp
Surf Happens, 3825 Santa Claus Ln, Carpinteria
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Godmothers Gather: Marie Benedict
Godmothers, 2280 Lillie Ave, Summerland
6:00 pm
Monday March 23
Wednesday March 25
Thursday March 26
Saturday March 28
Tuesday March 31
Wednesday April 1
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Tuesday April 7
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Gas leak prompts evacuations in Santa Barbara, California.
4:09PM on Mar 21: This incident was alerted from a local news source and has ceased providing further information. Open-source traffic data… (Nextdoor ) - There is an emergency vehicle on US-101 N reported...
There is an emergency vehicle on US-101 N reported at 8:37 PM. "AAA Truck Ahead, Slow Down Move Over" (Nextdoor )
🗞 Nearby News
Santa Barbara
- 9 Best Affordable Places To Eat And Drink In Santa Barbara, California (tastingtable.com)
- Rick Closson: Restoring Santa Barbara's Stone Pines a Small Victory for History, Community (noozhawk.com)
- Sorry, Santa Barbara! (independent.com)
Carpinteria
- March 22: Earthquake measuring 2.1 shakes region close to Carpinteria, CA (sacbee.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: One's very heavy. The other is a little lighter. (Thank you Nancy V. for sending it in!)
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