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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

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Native flowers bloom in the San Elijo Lagoon Reserve. (Lagoon Conservancy photo)
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Weight loss. (Photo by I Yunmai via Unsplash)
Five tips to jump-start your weight loss post-pandemic
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The San Dieguito Union High School District Board of Trustees announced on May 10 the choosing of Anne Staffieri to be the districts next superintendent. (Courtesy photo)
Longtime local educator top pick for San Dieguito schools superintendent
North Coast Current
The San Dieguito Union High School District is hiring a new superintendent, Anne Staffieri, who has deep local ties, the Board of Trustees announced May 10.
Election Day. (Photo by Element5 Digital, Unsplash)
Education Matters: Digesting an affront to voter rights
Marsha Sutton
When a governing body chooses someone who aligns most closely with their own and their superintendent’s personal priorities, but who doesn’t necessarily reflect the concerns of constituents, it is a tainted appointment.
Peace in nature. (Photo by Sage Friedman via Unsplash)
Living Creatively: Experience peace through nature
Barbara Basia Koenig
After any difficult time in our life, it helps to do things that get us back to a place of peace and quiet, one that gives us space to begin healing and restoration. To feel whole and well again, perhaps we can take a few moments each day to rewind our thoughts.
A Sears catalog cover from the early 1960s. (Goodwill image)
Historically Speaking: The nation’s first mail order general stores
Tom Morrow
Before there were roads connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific and Mexico to Alaska, you could buy goods delivered via railroad freight and/or the U.S. mail. This was more than a century before the Internet, all courtesy of the mail-order catalogs of the Montgomery Ward and Sears & Roebuck companies. It was the Amazon of yesteryear.
JB & the Movers perform at the Stone Brewing Beer Garden Stage on April 29, 2018, at the Encinitas Spring Street Fair. (NCC file photo by Jen Acosta)
20 bands slated for this weekend’s Encinitas Spring Street Fair
North Coast Current
The winter and early spring’s unusually stormy weather has cleared just in time for the return of the Encinitas Spring Street Fair on April 29 and 30.
Breweries from Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista and San Marcos had a strong showing at the 2023 Brewers Cup of California held in March. (Courtesy photo)
Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, San Marcos beer makers earn Brewers Cup medals
North Coast Current
Breweries from Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista and San Marcos had a strong showing at the 2023 Brewers Cup of California held in March.
Old Cal Coffee co-owner aims for new heights with Ascend roasters
Charlene Pulsonetti
Cultivating a welcoming atmosphere is integral at Old Cal Coffee Co. in San Marcos, and co-owner Erin Nenow is hoping to take things a step further by focusing on the power of the bean itself with Ascend Coffee Roasters.
Surfing. (Photo by Barbara Rezende via Unsplash)
Encinitas awards $5,000 grant to Changing Tides Foundation
News Release
The Changing Tides Foundation announced recently that the city of Encinitas has awarded the local nonprofit a $5,000 grant to support its Women’s Outreach Mentorship Program, a surfing-based educational program for underserved girls in San Diego County.
Letter: Closing story comments a good idea
Thank you for removing Twitter and comments. More like a real “paper” when information is actually looked at before “publishing.”
Editorial: Twitter, story comments cut in favor of letters to the editor
The North Coast Current and OsideNews encourage readers to submit traditional letters to the editor and commentaries as the combined news site shifts away from Twitter on social media and real-time comments on stories.
Lake Hodges Dam is shown in an aerial view taken on Feb. 2, 2022. (Photo by Autumn Sky Photography, iStock Getty Images)
Lake Hodges Dam repairs complete; some recreation to reopen by summer
Patrick Doyle
Repairs to Lake Hodges Dam were completed this May after a yearlong effort to reverse some of the deterioration of the 105-year-old structure.
Computer code. (Photo by Markus Spiske, Unsplash)
Feds, local authorities warn of latest Paypal and MetaMask phishing scam
J.W. August
The art of the scam keeps getting more sophisticated as con artists probe for profits by altering the come-ons they use to hook the unsuspecting. Check your recent emails for communications that appear to be legitimate messages from PayPal and MetaMask.
Palm trees line Coast Highway 101 in downtown Encinitas. (Photo by Doug Berry, iStock Getty Images)
Machado Foundation, San Dieguito student among Encinitas eco-honorees
North Coast Current
The Rob Machado Foundation is among winners of Encinitas’ 2022 Environmental Awards, the city announced May 10.
Workers at the Encinitas Starbucks coffee shop location at Leucadia Boulevard and Interstate 5 have filed a petition to unionize. (Google Street View photo)
Workers at Encinitas Starbucks location vote to unionize
North Coast Current
Workers at an Encinitas Starbucks coffee shop have voted in favor of unionizing, it was announced Monday, May 22.
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Construction and repair. (Photo by Rudy Skitterians, Pixabay)
Portion of highway 78 closed through Oceanside-Carlsbad
OsideNews
A stretch of westbound State Route 78 through the Oceanside-Carlsbad area will be closed for several days to repair weather-related damage, Caltrans and the city of Oceanside announced Wednesday, March 15.




A Carlsbad police officer and San Diego County sheriff’s deputy handle a firearm collected during a Gun Safety Event held March 25 in San Marcos. (San Diego County Sheriff’s Department photo)
Authorities collect over 100 firearms during San Marcos event
North Coast Current
More than 100 firearms were turned in to authorities on Saturday, March 25, during a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Gun Safety Event held in San Marcos.
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