••• “Rick Caruso is taking the Miramar name beyond Montecito, unveiling the first images of his glamorous new Miramar Lake Club, near Thousand Oaks.” It even looks the same as the one here. —Montecito Journal
••• More on the closure of the overlook at the western end of Cliff Drive, which is apparently known as Makeout Point, including this: “The south ocean-side pullout, however, is tentatively scheduled to reopen in mid-August” and “the city’s working plan is to eventually replace [the barricades] with gates that would allow the overlook to operate how it was meant to: enjoyed during the day and quiet at night.” —Independent
••• “The rent stabilization ordinance—the most polarizing issue to hit Santa Barbara City Hall in decades—inched forward Tuesday night over the course of a four-hour-plus-meeting, but the controversial measure hasn’t quite crossed the finish line.” —Santa Barbara News-Press…