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North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

Surveillance images show a person spray-painting racist and homophobic graffiti on the walls of San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas on early New Year’s Day. (San Diego County Sheriff’s Department)

Authorities seek help in finding Encinitas school graffiti suspect

North Coast Current January 6, 2022
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department seeks the public’s help in finding the suspect responsible for spray-painting racist and homophobic graffiti on San Dieguito High School Academy walls in Encinitas early New Year’s Day.
Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

Authorities seek help in finding Encinitas assault suspect

North Coast Current September 23, 2021
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department seeks residents’ help in finding a suspect in an Encinitas sexual assault case, the department announced Sept. 22.
Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

Sheriff’s Department identifies man killed in Encinitas shooting

North Coast Current June 22, 2021
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has identified a man who was shot and killed in a confrontation with deputies in Encinitas on June 18.
Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

Deputies reportedly shoot, kill suspect in Encinitas

North Coast Current June 18, 2021
Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspect in Encinitas on Friday, June 18, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department reported.

Victim in Solana Beach death ID’d as Butterfly Farms co-founder

North Coast Current January 5, 2021
Management and supporters of Butterfly Farms in Encinitas are mourning the death of co-founder Tom Merriman, who authorities identified as the victim in a suspicious death in Solana Beach on Jan. 1.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department seeks the public’s help in identifying two men, captured on Encinitas Target store surveillance suspected of identity and credit card theft. (Sheriffs Department photo)

Suspects sought in reported Encinitas theft, use of credit cards

North Coast Current January 11, 2017
Authorities seek the public’s help in identifying two men suspected of identity and credit card theft, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department announced Jan. 10.

Suspect shot, injured by authorities after Encinitas pursuit

North Coast Current October 25, 2016
A sheriff’s deputy shot and injured a suspect on Coast Highway 101 in the Encinitas community of Leucadia on Oct. 24 after a pursuit in a carjacking involving a man and his young son, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department reported.

Authorities seek public’s help in Encinitas burglary case

North Coast Current July 14, 2016
Authorities seek the public’s help in finding two suspects in the burglary of an Encinitas veterinary clinic.

Man dies in Encinitas deputy-involved shooting

North Coast Current March 28, 2015

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a deputy-involved shooting March 27 that resulted in the death of an Encinitas man, authorities reported. Deputies were sent to a Village...

Man reportedly takes money from Encinitas gas station

North Coast Current February 20, 2015

A man reportedly took about $50 from a cashier in a robbery Feb. 18 at an Encinitas Chevron gas station, authorities said. The robbery took place at 3:54 a.m. at the Chevron located at 540 La Costa...

Carlsbad notes mid-year crime rate drop in Sept. 9 report

North Coast Current September 12, 2014

Carlsbad officials are noting decreases in overall crime in the city based on the Sept. 9 release of mid-year statistics from the San Diego Association of Governments. Carlsbad’s specific trends match...

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