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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

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The Flower Fields at Carlsbad are pictured in March 2022. (Photo by Samantha Fortney via Unsplash)
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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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Wendy Stewart is MiraCosta College’s dean of counseling and student development. (Courtesy photo)
MiraCosta College administrator is Rep. Levin’s Constituent of the Month
North Coast Current
A MiraCosta College administrator is U.S. Rep. Mike Levin’s February Constituent of the Month, the congressman’s office announced Feb. 28.
A portrait of American financier John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan, painted by Fedor Encke in 1903. (Creative Commons image)
Historically Speaking: The banker who saved America 
Tom Morrow
In lieu of today’s current financial climate in Washington, D.C., reviewing a bit of national banking history seems to be in order. Today, as it was yesterday, there always seems to be light at the end of a very long financial-ladened tunnel.
Community. (Photo by Clay Banks via Unsplash)
Education Matters: Carlsbad tackles Diversity Equity Inclusion plan
Marsha Sutton
Ethnic and racial studies programs have been labeled cultural indoctrination simply for attempting to help children understand the brutal effects that hate speech, bullying and harassment can have. Helping children understand this, and providing support to those victimized, are worthy lessons that kids need now more than ever.
Part of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D.C., pictuted in December 2018, represents the depths of the Great Depression. (Photo by Sonder Quest via Unsplash)
Historically Speaking: From riches to rags to world leadership
Tom Morrow
As “dire” as you think things are today in 2023 with our inflation-ridden life, in general could be worse ... and they were just throughout the 1930s. Hopefully, we won’t repeat those days, but somehow history has a way of repeating itself.
Basketball. (Photo by Kylie Osullivan via Unsplash)
Palomar College women’s basketball not resting on undefeated record
David A. Willauer
This year has been a miraculous one for Palomar College’s women’s basketball coach as the team rides a 29-0 undefeated streak.
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.
Old Cal Coffee Co. co-owner Erin Nenow, pictured in the San Marcos shop on Aug. 24, says she works to build a cool, comforting environment for customers. (Photo by Jen Acosta)
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.
“Fire in Eden,” by Oceanside artist Kathleen Scoggin. (Courtesy image)
Oceanside artist is first-place Water Color Society show winner
OsideNews
An Oceanside artist is the first-place winner in the San Diego Watercolor Society’s March member exhibition, “Decisive Moments.”
Rain. (Jan Fillem, Unsplash)
Sinkhole develops on Encinitas street; bluff slide at Cardiff beach
North Coast Current
Local agencies were contending with more weather-related wear to areas of Encinitas following heavy rains earlier in the week.
BMW Encinitas, an automotive presence dating back to Harloff Chevrolet along Encinitas Boulevard in the late 1960s, closed on March 20. (Google Street View photo)
BMW Encinitas, a fixture with roots to Harloff in 1960s, goes to Carlsbad
Roman S. Koenig
A bit of automobile history has left Encinitas with the recent closure of a BMW dealership on Encinitas Boulevard in the eastern part of town.
Oranges ripen on a tree in a San Diego grove, pictured Jan. 30, 2020. (Photo by MoJoStudio, iStock Getty Images)
North County volunteers needed to pick San Diego’s abundant harvest
J.W. August
Citrus fruits often hang heavy and unpicked on thousands of local trees. When they fall to the ground, the fruit is wasted. Saving that citrus, as well as figs, grapes and apples, is Senior Gleaners of San Diego County.
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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.




San Diego County Sheriff’s Department vehicle. (Sheriff’s Department social media photo)
Man dies in Encinitas hit-and-run, authorities report
North Coast Current
A pedestrian died in a hit-and-run in downtown Encinitas just after the turn of the year, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department reported.
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