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Montecito Development Receives Construction Financing

George Elkins Mortgage Banking Company has secured a $7.3 million loan on behalf of Black Valnar Properties, LLC to fund the construction of a 14,254 square-foot mixed-use development at 1255 Coast Village Road in Montecito, CA.

Letter to the Class of 2013

There is a great deal of attention paid to preparing for graduation and not much attention paid to what happens to your identity the first few years after college.

How to Keep It Clean

Due to the fact that I work with college students, I have seen more than my share of disgusting dorm rooms – fortunately only via the Internet.

Epiphany

Time passes. It’s not worse; it’s just different.

Rare in America

Found in Translation visits Santa Barbara’s Tourist Hostel.

Sleeping in the Garage

The New Beginnings Safe Parking program now wants to charge poor people $30 a month to have safe parking places.

Santa Barbara Martial Arts School to Host Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan

Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara (AKSB), Santa Barbara’s premiere non-profit Aikido organization, will again be hosting the internationally acclaimed Aikido Instructor, Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan, for a five-day Summer Aikido Seminar, an extension, at Ikeda’s request, from the 2012 seminar’s three-day length.

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