North Coast Current

Cardiff community sidewalk panels now part of digital archive

North Coast Current • June 11, 2026

A community fundraising effort that helped build a sidewalk in Cardiff more than 40 years ago is gaining a new audience online.

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?

Visit Encinitas, Historical Society launch art tours during Cyclovia

North Coast Current • May 9, 2026

Bicycles, murals and local history will converge in downtown Encinitas on Sunday, May 17, as free public art walking tours make their debut during the city’s annual Cyclovia event, offering residents and visitors a new way to explore the community’s collection of outdoor artwork.

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: Through a year of challenges, there’s hope for Coast Dispatch archives

Roman S. Koenig • March 5, 2026

It could be a hundred years, or it could be one year. Time is a funny thing when you try to count it. A little over a year ago, I wrote a column about the Encinitas Coast Dispatch’s 100th anniversary, and my intentions to share some of the history among its pages with readers of the North Coast Current. The timing seemed so perfect.

From septic tanks to sustainability: Encinitas talk highlights invisible service

Adam Kaye • October 14, 2025

If anything can illustrate the concept of public goods, an Encinitas Historical Society board member said, it’s the sewer system. With that introduction, General Manager Mike Thornton of the San Elijo Joint Powers Authority on Oct. 4 recounted the decades-long evolution of wastewater treatment in Encinitas and Solana Beach.

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.