The year’s end approaches in coastal North San Diego County with opportunities to enjoy local art, attend a show, learn tips for building business for a successful 2024, and support local farmers and vendors.
With every trustee praising the potential for conflict resolution in the often divided San Dieguito Union High School District, which has been plagued in recent years with heated dissension, a unanimous vote to approve what the district is calling the One San Dieguito Initiative was anticipated. That is, until one trustee asked the National Conflict Resolution Center president for the definition of a woman.
With the National Conflict Resolution Center’s help, let’s hope the One San Dieguito Initiative lives up to its promise to lower the temperature in the San Dieguito Union High School District and the greater school community, and find a way to help all players treat one another, even when opinions and beliefs are disparate, with respect.
More than 200 Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas supporters enjoyed an evening of music, dancing, food and fun at an Oct. 12 Barn Bash to raise funds for growth, innovation and expansion on the campus as part of the Here for Good Capital Campaign.
Anthony “Tony” Brandenburg, who served the community, region, tribal nations and country in several notable ways, died at his home on Oct. 3 after battling cancer. He was 83 years old.
During the October meetings of the Encinitas City Council, several important matters were on the agenda, among them the extension of the Coastal Rail Trail, a discussion about Legislative Policy and Priorities, and the deliberation over a second-year permit for the Moonlight Beach Half Marathon.
November has diverse offerings in our coastal north San Diego County communities, from arts and crafts fairs, literary events and Oaxacan culture to the Punk Rock Food Drive and Ukrainian Mosaic Orchestra.
The Encinitas Chamber of Commerce hosts its inaugural “Meet Your Elected Officials and Community Leaders” event, presented by TOOTRiS Child Care on Demand, on Monday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) North.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Henry Johnson, the son of Encinitas residents, is one of more than 5,000 sailors serving aboard the self-contained mobile airport USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Friends and family gathered on Oct. 8 to remember Mark Patterson, the artist behind the controversial Surfing Madonna mosaic and cofounder of Surfing Madonna Oceans Project, who died in September.
What goes with the territory of being an elected official on a school board is hearing from the public. It may be inconvenient, tedious or make some uncomfortable (few people come to school boards with praise), but hearing criticism is part of the job description.
