••• In the Funk Zone, a boutique called Snack (above left) is opening at 122 Gray Avenue on August 16, with a party from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Brands on offer include Abysse Official, Bali Tailor, Brue Eyewear, Cou Cou, Her the Label, Hosjberg, Kat the Label, Lu Goldie, Maison Essential, Nagnata, Resume, Saint Valentine, Ziah, and Zulu & Zephyr.
••• And Malibu-based knitwear brand 27 Miles (above right) is opening at 1137 Coast Village Road, most recently Legacy. It will sell both women’s and men’s apparel.
••• I was surprised to see an item on the county Planning Commission’s agenda about “a proposed change of operational hours to 24 hours/day, 7 days/week for cannabis cultivation and processing” at Valley Crest Farms (5980 Casitas Pass Road) in Carpinteria. The Planning and Development Department director’s approval is being appealed by residents who are understandably alarmed at the prospect of a 24-7 cannabis operation in their midst. (Valley Crest is already the defendant in a class-action lawsuit over the stench it produces.) Is there a precedent for 24-hour agricultural operations in the county? Surely the previously approved hours of 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. are enough, particularly in an area that includes many residential properties. If I lived near any cannabis operation, I’d email an objection (by noon on Monday) to [email protected].
••• Planned Parenthood’s annual book sale is September 11-21…