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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

ENCINITAS WEATHER
SAN MARCOS: Learn composting for sustainable agriculture
ENCINITAS: Free rain harvesting workshop Jan. 25
OCEANSIDE: Longboard Surfing Club contest and community event runs through Aug. 11
ENCINITAS: Pacific View Arts Center opens Aug. 6
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Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)
North County collects donations for SoCal fire victims
North Coast Current
North San Diego County and regional organizations and individuals are gathering donations for those who have lost their homes and possessions in the Los Angeles area wildfires sweeping through Altadena, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and elsewhere.
Applications open for annual Miss Oceanside Scholarship Pageant
San Diego Foundation pledges $4M to boost education access
Boys & Girls Clubs receives grant to support merger, programs
Encinitas Marketplace shopping center, pictured in a June 2018 photograph, has been anchored by Kohl’s department store. (Southwest Strategies courtesy photo)
Kohl’s announces Encinitas store closure
North Coast Current
Kohl’s will close its Encinitas location by April, one of two to be shuttered in San Diego County and among 27 around the United States, the department store announced Jan. 9.
Encinitas seeks nominees for community awards
North Coast Current
The city of Encinitas has a nomination call out for its annual senior citizen and environmental awards. Environmental Award Program nominations are open through Feb. 14, and nominations for the Senior Citizen Service Award are open until March 20.
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Smoke-free law for Carlsbad multiunit housing now in effect
North Coast Current
Smoking and vaping is now banned in and around multiunit homes in Carlsbad after a city law went into effect Jan. 1.
Longtime youth advocate is Oceanside MLK award recipient
OsideNews
Longtime Oceanside youth and education advocate Bess Bronson is the city's 2025 MLK Community Service Award recipient in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the city announced Jan. 23.
Music. (Photo by Matt Botsford via Unsplash)
Historically Speaking: Merry holiday song was composed by artist with local ties
Tom Morrow
One of the great friendships I made during my half-century of covering entertainment personalities was with Hall of Fame song writer Hugh Martin, who lived for many years in North San Diego County, including Encinitas. His most memorable work was for the 1945 Warner Brothers’ Judy Garland film “Meet Me in St. Louis.”
Members of Solana Beach’s Culture Brewing Co. team celebrate a gold medal win at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver on Oct. 12. (Courtesy photo)
North County breweries win gold at Great American Beer Festival
News Release
Three North San Diego County breweries won gold medals on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, the nation’s largest professional brewing competition commonly referred to as “The Oscars” of the craft beer industry.
Encinitas school district seeks bond oversight panel members
Encinitas school district Film Guild earns state education honor
Denice Riddle (right) stars as disgruntled school board president Lois Green in the short film “Red Blooded,” which has been nominated for five 2024 San Diego Film Awards. Encinitas actor Mark Allyn (left) plays school board member Michael Lancet. (Mercury Cinema photo)
Encinitas filmmaker’s ‘Red Blooded’ to screen during San Diego Film Week
North Coast Current
“Red Blooded,” a provocative, award-winning short film about school board intrigue, bullying and self-reflection — ripped right from the climate of recent political and social conflicts — will screen during San Diego Film Week on Nov. 9 after winning three trophies at the 2024 San Diego Film Awards.
Runners participate in the 35th annual Carlsbad Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K on Jan. 18. (Photo courtesy of Treat Public Relations)
35th annual Carlsbad Marathon sees 18% uptick in participants
News Release
The 35th annual Carlsbad Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K welcomed more than 7,100 participants from around the nation Jan. 18, more than 18% higher than last year's attendance of 6,000.
A clearing-crew memeber piles eucalyptus branches at Arroyo Preserve in Rancho Santa Fe in December as part of a San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy project. (Courtesy photo by Sophia McGovern)
Conservation through the eyes of a resource ecologist
Adam Kaye, San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy
What does conservation look like for Jonathan Appelbaum? With a glance, the resource ecologist takes in conservation at the Arroyo Preserve in Rancho Santa Fe, where crews are removing invasive trees as part of a 12.5-acre restoration project.
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Oceanside police investigating death of shooting victim
OsideNews
Oceanside police are investigating the death of a shooting victim who was found early Jan. 12.
Letter: Pharmacy benefit managers need more scrutiny
Letter: Oceanside needs higher priority on crime prevention
Left to right: Cassie Bostrom and therapy dog Harley, Anahi Witt and therapy dog Hunter, Bri Duffield and therapy dog Nala, and Nicky Moore and therapy dog Moose attend Shelter to Soldier’s Be the Light Gala on Aug. 18 at L’Auberge Del Mar. (Courtesy photo)
Shelter to Soldier raises nearly $300K at annual Be the Light Gala
News Release
Shelter to Soldier, a nonprofit organization that adopts dogs from local shelters and trains them to become service dogs for veterans, hosted its 12th Annual Be the Light Gala on Aug. 18 at L’Auberge Del Mar.
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