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North Coast Current

This holiday season, the North Coast Current highlights news from local nonprofits, fundraisers and other outlets in support of our communities. (Hugo Humberto Plácido da Silva, FreeImages)

West PACE in San Marcos seeks blankets and other items for seniors

News Release November 22, 2023
The nonprofit Gary and Mary West Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) hosts its annual holiday collection campaign called “Everyday Necessities Drive for North San Diego County Seniors” at its San Marcos day center now through Dec. 14.
The San Dieguito Union High School District offices in Encinitas. (Google Street View photo)

Education Matters: Defining a woman

Marsha Sutton November 21, 2023
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.
A northern spotted owl. (Photo by Jennifer Helen Seeman, iStock Getty Images)

EarthTalk: 30 years later, how is the northern spotted owl faring?

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss November 21, 2023
The northern spotted owl faces a web of challenges from habitat loss to invasive species, but ongoing conservation efforts underscore a collective commitment to securing their survival.
This holiday season, the North Coast Current highlights news from local nonprofits, fundraisers and other outlets in support of our communities. (Hugo Humberto Plácido da Silva, FreeImages)

Donations still welcome for Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside Thanksgiving dinners

OsideNews November 21, 2023
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside still welcomes donations to help feed member families this Thanksgiving holiday.
The San Dieguito Union High School District offices in Encinitas. (Google Street View photo)

Education Matters: The need for conflict resolution in San Dieguito

Marsha Sutton November 18, 2023
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.
Live performances were part of the Oceanside Museum of Art’s Rising 2023 Gala at The Seabird Resort on Saturday, Oct. 28.(Courtesy photo by Kevin Mijares)

Oceanside Museum of Art gala celebrates partnerships

News Release November 13, 2023
The Oceanside Museum of Art held its Rising 2023 Gala at The Seabird Resort on Saturday, Oct. 28, to celebrate museum’s growing prominence in the Southern California arts scene.
From left: Ella Helders, Paul Ecke III and Han Helders take part in a Barn Bash fundraiser at the Ecke Barn in Encinitas on Oct. 12. (Courtesy photo)

Barn Bash raises more than $400K for Scripps’ Lusardi Tower

News Release November 13, 2023
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.
Stuffing bread isn’t just more economical, healthier and delicious, but it can be made months ahead of time because the cubes should be dry. You can also put together stove-top stuffing kits in individual jars for a quick weeknight side. (Photo by Laura Woolfrey Macklem)

Preserved Home: Homemade stuffing bread can help ensure there’s plenty to go around

Laura Macklem November 12, 2023
This year, we can confidently have company for holiday dinners without our secret greed for stuffing. Even though this is my recipe for stuffing bread, the actual stuffing recipe will always be my mom’s, and like any mom, she’ll be glad I’m doing a better job sharing.
Clocks representing times around the world. (Photo by Kevin Klima, iStock Getty Images)

Historically Speaking: Got some time? Read up on how ‘time’ works

Tom Morrow November 12, 2023
When I was a boy, my grandfather could look up at the sun and tell within 30 minutes what time it was. He’d check himself by looking at his pocket watch as the trains came through town. In those days, the weather and time were the main topics of conversation on a day-by-day basis. Those two subjects continue to dominate our lives.
Anthony “Tony” Brandenburg, pictured in an Encinitas City Council campaign photo, died at his home on Oct. 3 after battling cancer. He was 83 years old. (Courtesy photo)

Family, friends recall retired judge, Encinitas community advocate Tony Brandenburg

Alysse Dodge November 10, 2023
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.
Christopher Yerikian stars in the independent feature film “Kade,” written and directed by Oceanside filmmaker Garrett Glassell. (“Kade” production photo)

‘Kade’: Oceanside filmmaker’s first feature is a dystopian take on antihero adventure

Ryan Hardison November 10, 2023
“Kade,” the first feature project for Oceanside filmmaker Garrett Glassell, takes viewers a vengeful journey in a world-turned-wasteland as the lead character attempts to grapple with his dark past.
To help make the school year a little bit easier and a little more delicious, McCormick is sharing its recipe for Taco Casserole, which can be prepared in just 30 minutes with seven simple ingredients. (McCormick photo)

Delicious, no-fuss dinner ideas for weeknights

StatePoint November 9, 2023
Whether it’s shuttling the little ones to their after school activities, or helping older students cram for their exams, families get super busy when the kids are in school. But that doesn’t mean you can’t regularly sit down together for weeknight dinners.
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