History 101: Tri-City Hospital District formation a popular vote in 1957

Roman S. Koenig • June 4, 2026

As of June 4, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters reported that about 92% of voters supported Measure H to place Tri-City Medical Center under Sharp HealthCare’s management. But how receptive were voters to the creation of what is today’s Tri-City Healthcare District in the first place?

History 101: 1950s Safeway building still has active role in Encinitas

Roman S. Koenig • May 31, 2026

When scanning of the first decades of Encinitas Coast Dispatch archives was complete, I had to satisfy a longtime curiosity of mine — what did The Old Market, a collection of shops in a brick building in downtown Encinitas, originally look like?

History 101: Glen Park or Glenn Park? It’s a mixed story

Roman S. Koenig • April 17, 2026

An Encinitas City Council member’s recent proposal to consider a possible skateboarding feature for Glen Park in Cardiff brought up an interesting question — is it spelled Glen or Glenn?

Citizen Koenig: A century of local history lives, but what of tomorrow?

Roman S. Koenig • February 12, 2025

When people dig into the history of 2025 a hundred years from now, what will they find? Possibly — maybe even likely — little to nothing. For me, the timing of this question is notable as a state effort to preserve California’s newspaper heritage comes to Encinitas to preserve the archives of the Coast Dispatch.

Coast Dispatch 1925: Newspaper publisher extends greetings

North Coast Current • February 12, 2025

This was the first editorial published in the Encinitas Coast Dispatch on Feb. 12, 1925, written by founding editor and publisher G.S. Breidford. It is reproduced here in full from the North Coast Current's Coast Dispatch archives in celebration of the newspaper's 100th anniversary.