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CSU San Marcos to run active-shooter drills Jan. 6

North Coast Current January 4, 2016

California State University San Marcos will run active-shooter training drills Jan. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with North County law enforcement, fire and medical agencies, the university has...

Cal State San Marcos is set to become an NCAA Division II institution following its application in February 2014. (Photo by Troy Orem)

A new arena: NCAA transition at San Marcos going smoothly, but not without initial hurdles

Patrick Carr November 7, 2015

On a hot, sunny day, a breeze whips up a large cloud of dust in a construction lot on the campus of Cal State San Marcos. The curved, grey, unfinished building sits on the lot. It only stands out because...

MiraCosta College Trustee Leon Page resigns

North Coast Current March 20, 2015

The MiraCosta Community College District Board of Trustees has an open seat after the resignation of member Leon Page effective March 16. In a March 19 college district announcement, Page said his resignation...

MiraCosta College moves closer to offering bachelor’s program

North Coast Current January 21, 2015

MiraCosta College is one of two San Diego County community colleges to earn initial approval to offer bachelor’s degrees, MiraCosta and state officials announced Jan. 20. MiraCosta and San Diego Mesa...

MiraCosta College applies for bachelor’s degree pilot program

North Coast Current December 23, 2014

MiraCosta College has filed an application with the state to launch a pilot bachelor’s degree program in biomanufacturing, the institution announced Dec. 22. The college, with campuses in Oceanside...

MiraCosta College names new president

North Coast Current October 2, 2014

Sunita “Sunny” Cooke will be the next superintendent/president of the MiraCosta Community College District, the district announced Oct. 1. The college district’s Board of Trustees made the appointment...

MiraCosta College in Oceanside is shown in 1974, 10 years after the permanent main campus opened. (MiraCosta College photo)

MiraCosta College marks 80th anniversary with new facilities, reflections on success

Debbie L. Sklar September 10, 2014

In 1934, actress Jean Harlow was starring on the silver screen, Time magazine’s Man of the Year was Franklin D. Roosevelt and the St. Louis Cardinals were the World Series champs. In North County, the...

MiraCosta College marks opening of Cardiff science building

North Coast Current September 5, 2014

MiraCosta College’s Cardiff campus celebrated the opening of its new science complex with a ribbon-cutting Sept. 2. Work on the building at the San Elijo Campus in Cardiff started nearly a year ago,...

Donate Don’t Dump chapter presidents Mia Pacheco (left) and Ethan Posard (second from left), Cal State San Marcos kinesiology professor Laura de Ghetaldi, Donate Don’t Dump chapter president Grace Manuel and organization leader Gabrielle Posard stand with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (far right) on Aug. 12 at the White House during the President’s Environmental Youth Award ceremony. (Courtesy photo)

Teen honored with special award: Donate Don’t Dump program continues to help those in need

Debbie L. Sklar August 20, 2014

Encinitas teen Gabrielle Posard’s mission to feed the hungry may have started out as a small project sketched on a napkin in 2009, but today her organization, Donate Don’t Dump, distributes more than...

Public invited to Cardiff ribbon-cutting Sept. 2

North Coast Current August 14, 2014

MiraCosta College invites the public to celebrate the dedication of the Cardiff campus’s new science building at a ribbon-cutting Sept. 2. The event is set for 7:30 a.m. at the San Elijo Campus, 3333...

MiraCosta grants its first LGBTQ scholarship

North Coast Current August 4, 2014

A student club’s effort to launch a scholarship for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and their supporters at MiraCosta College recently reached fruition with its first award, the college...

Schools closed due to fire emergency

North Coast Current May 14, 2014

Update 10:40 p.m. May 15: All colleges and school districts listed below have announced closures for Friday, May 16. Several school districts in North County have announced closures in the wake of major...

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