About Us

The North Coast Current, based in Encinitas and founded in 2002, is an award-winning online news journal dedicated to covering the communities of Encinitas, plus surrounding cities Carlsbad and Solana Beach. The Current also occasionally covers news and events of broader North County interest. The Current’s foundation includes the original Coast Dispatch. With the purchase of the Coast Dispatch’s remnants from its last publisher in 2005, the Current’s new-media approach to news and arts coverage is now merged with seven decades of local journalism. Although the Coast Dispatch’s archives are not available to the public at this time, the Current will occasionally republish articles of historical interest.

Oceanside-based OsideNews joined the North Coast Current family in February 2022. Founded in 2013, OsideNews includes coverage of Oceanside and Vista.

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P.O. Box 231849
Encinitas, CA 92023-1849

Publisher
Editorial Director
Roman S. Koenig

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