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ENCINITAS NEWS

Encinitas Library staff and members of the Chamber of Commerce, city leadership and management, and U.S. Green Building Council California celebrate the library’s green business certification with a ribbon-cutting Nov. 6. (Courtesy photo)

Encinitas Library gets green certification

City attorney out; Encinitas sign gets OK

Encinitas sign over 101 could get upgrade

CARLSBAD NEWS

New water intake and discharge facilities in and adjacent to Agua Hedionda Lagoon are now complete at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad. (San Diego County Water Authority photo)

$286M upgrade done for Carlsbad water plant

Work on Carlsbad beach stairs expected through spring

Carlsbad council OKs veterans park art design

OCEANSIDE NEWS

Oceanside city sign. (Photo by albertc111, iStock Getty Images)

Next phase of water, sewer work to begin in early ’26

Oceanside city officials review the Tyson Street Beach site slated for sand replenishment beginning Oct. 27. (Oceanside city photo)

Sand set for Oceanside’s Tyson Street Beach

Grant funds for Oceanside police on City Council docket

Encinitas and Oceanside contend with increasing ICE enforcement
From septic tanks to sustainability: Encinitas talk highlights invisible service

ENCINITAS WEATHER

FEDERAL SHUTDOWN | LOCAL IMPACT

Palomar, other local colleges helping students with food access

Interfaith, Feeding San Diego, Food Bank hold distribution events

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IN THE SPIRIT

San Diego County Credit Union’s Paws for Presents returns

Anonymous donor giving $100K worth of toys to holiday drive

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Encinitas and Oceanside contend with increasing ICE enforcement
From septic tanks to sustainability: Encinitas talk highlights invisible service

BUSINESS NOTES

Tecovas among new tenants at The Forum Carlsbad

Encinitas firm helps community hospitals recover $10M in missed funds
Encinitas resident named to landscape society fellows
Encinitas Chamber of Commerce names Carol Knight new CEO

NORTH COAST LINK

Halloween is no time to waste pumpkins, San Diego nonprofit says

Interfaith Community Services launches fund to offset federal cuts
From septic tanks to sustainability: Encinitas talk highlights invisible service
Brother Benno’s, TrueCare offer homeless services for National Health Center Week

NORTH COAST CAMPUS

Palomar College President Star Rivera-Lacey leaving for Riverside

Palomar College celebrates key event for Fallbrook center
MiraCosta College President Sunita Cooke to retire by summer 2026
CSU San Marcos starts $200M fundraising effort as building, STEM disciplines get major boost

ENCINITAS NEWS

Encinitas Library gets green certification

The Encinitas Library has been recognized as a California Certified Green Business, becoming the fourth organization in the city to achieve the distinction through the Encinitas Green Business Network. City and Chamber of Commerce leaders held a ribbon-cutting on Nov. 6 to mark the award.

City attorney out; Encinitas sign gets OK

CARLSBAD NEWS

$286M upgrade done for Carlsbad water plant

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant has completed a $286 million upgrade to its seawater intake and discharge system, a state-mandated project designed to protect marine life while maintaining the facility’s water production capacity, the San Diego County Water Authority announced Tuesday, Oct. 28.

Work on Carlsbad beach stairs expected through spring

CURRENT EVENTS

Carlsbad, California. (Art Wager, iStock Getty Images)

CARLSBAD: McClellan-Palomar Airport drill early Oct. 23

VISTA: Gas and Steam Engine Museum show two Oct. 25-26

Encinitas, California. (Ian McDonnell, iStock Getty Images)

ENCINITAS: Safe Trick-or-Treat returns for Oct. 31

ENCINITAS: Historical Society walking tours cover Coast Highway

Furniture. (Photo by Jonathan Borba, Unsplash)

DEL MAR: San Diego Fall Home Garden Show Oct. 18 and 19

NORTH COAST BEAT

Actor and producer Desi Arnaz, who lived in Del Mar, attends a reception in the Honeymoon Cottage, which housed the San Dieguito Art Guild, in 1971. (SDAG courtesy photo)

San Dieguito Art Guild marks 60th anniversary this fall

Marking its diamond anniversary, the San Dieguito Art Guild is celebrating six decades of North San Diego County art-making defined by resilience, reinvention and community roots. What began on a Del Mar back patio in 1965 has grown into the guild's current identity as the Off Track Gallery in Encinitas.

Oceanside coffee shop Jitters revamps with help of Jason Mraz
Grand opening set for MiraCosta College’s Media Arts Complex

COLUMNISTS

Citizen Koenig: California on its own authoritarian path with housing law

We have “not in my back yard.” Then there’s “yes in my back yard.” Yet in the context of a new California state housing bill, there is nothing solid to address “how in my back yard.”

Citizen Koenig: A century of local history lives, but what of tomorrow?
Historically Speaking: America’s ambition(less?) vice presidents

DIALOGUE

Commentary: SB-41 puts California Latino seniors like me at risk

Don’t let big pharmaceutical companies and their political pawns fool you. California Senate Bill 41 is here to drain the lifeblood from our Latino and senior communities, putting our health, our savings, and our very lives at risk.

NORTH COUNTY

San Marcos City Council OKs e-bike restrictions

Young e-bike riders will be under a kind of community watch in San Marcos after the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, Oct. 28, to put a pilot safety program in place built on state legislation unique to San Diego County.

San Marcos leaders mull tougher e-bike rules for kids