Encinitas arts alliance receives $25K grant from Leichtag Foundation
North Coast Current
April 7, 2017
Filed under Arts, Encinitas, NORTH COAST LINK
The Leichtag Foundation recently granted $25,000 to the Encinitas Arts, Culture, and Ecology Alliance to support a part-time program manager, the alliance announced April 1.
Del Mar filmmaker Sue Vicory emphasizes the Power of One
Amanda Rhoades
September 30, 2015
Filed under Arts, Del Mar, Film, NORTH COAST LINK, Region, San Diego County
When her kids went off to college, Sue Vicory didn’t settle into retirement. Instead, she asked herself who she wanted to be in the second part of her life. The answer was a documentary filmmaker. Vicory, a Del Mar-based filmmaker, will embark on a cross-country road trip early next year to promote...
15 students get scholarships from San Dieguito foundation, Scripps
North Coast Current
August 15, 2015
Filed under Carlsbad, Education, Encinitas, La Costa, La Jolla, NORTH COAST LINK, Oceanside, Region, San Diego County, San Marcos, Solana Beach
The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito Foundation and Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla celebrated the efforts of 15 students seeking healthcare-related careers by granting them scholarships for the new school year on Aug. 3. The joint scholarship program, now in its 12th year, provides assistance...
Teresa Barth, Encinitas residents launch effort to engage community
Ernesto Lopez
January 26, 2015
Filed under Cardiff by the Sea, Encinitas, Leucadia, NORTH COAST LINK, Olivenhain
Teresa Barth, former Encinitas mayor and councilwoman, has officially taken off her “political hat” and stepped into a life of civic engagement. She recently announced her involvement as president of Engage Encinitas, a nonprofit that aims to enrich the lives of city residents by “encouraging ...
Season of giving: Local agencies prepare to help those in need
Maile Rudebusch
November 21, 2014
Filed under Cardiff by the Sea, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escondido, Holidays, Leucadia, NORTH COAST LINK, North County, Oceanside, Olivenhain, Region, San Diego County, Top Stories
The holiday season is a time to come together with family, but it is also a time to reach out and support those who are less fortunate. There are many donation drop-offs and food collection drives across San Diego, and the organizations behind those drives make it their mission to help those in need...
Shedding light on a dark topic: Local resident, growing movement aim to open discussion on death and, in turn, celebrate life
Helen Hawes
October 9, 2014
Filed under Del Mar, Encinitas, NORTH COAST LINK, Region, San Diego County, Solana Beach, Top Stories
Encinitas resident Tiffany Fox is hosting a Death Cafe on Oct. 18 in Solana Beach. She’ll be serving cake with tea, and you are invited to attend. When Fox heard of the Death Cafe, she felt she’d been looking for it all her life. A mother with children ages 2 and 4 years old, she had been diagn...
Nancarrow tribute fundraiser nets $50,000 for garden
Helen Hawes
February 25, 2014
Filed under Encinitas, NORTH COAST LINK, Region, Solana Beach
Bidders raised their paddles the night of Feb. 21 to win prizes and rack up donations at Rock in the Park: A Tribute to Loren Nancarrow at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. The money goes to the Loren Nancarrow Healing Garden at Scripps to benefit cancer patients. Between phone-in donations and...
February fundraisers scheduled in honor of Nancarrow
Helen Hawes
January 20, 2014
Filed under Cardiff by the Sea, Encinitas, NORTH COAST LINK, Region, Solana Beach
Loren Nancarrow’s memorial service was a paddle-out at the beach in Cardiff led by his wife, Susie. Two hundred people followed her into the ocean on their boards while hundreds more waited on the sand. As they said goodbye, a whale swam by right in front of them and flicked its tail. It was a fitting...
Proclamation to honor late Del Mar community activist
Helen Hawes
January 20, 2014
Filed under Del Mar, NORTH COAST LINK, Region
The celebration of Louis “Lou” Terrell’s life, held recently at the Del Mar Powerhouse, was bursting with family and friends who came to say goodbye. “The service was set up for about a hundred people,” said close friend and county Supervisor Dave Roberts, “but there were about 400 people...
Dentists bring smiles for the holidays in Del Mar
Helen Hawes
December 23, 2013
Filed under Del Mar, Encinitas, NORTH COAST LINK, Region
People waited in a line five lanes wide inside a big white tent at the Del Mar Fairgrounds recently for free dental care at a giant clinic sponsored by the California Dental Association Foundation. Most looked like any North County neighbors even though some patients came from as far away as Modesto....
Heritage Museum aims to educate, expand
Helen Hawes
September 26, 2013
Filed under Encinitas, Local History, NORTH COAST LINK
September has been a big month at the San Dieguito Heritage Museum, because while gearing up for the Fifth Annual Lima Bean Faire, its board also submitted a master plan for expansion of the museum to the Encinitas Planning Commission. If all goes well, the museum can begin renovations in October. The...
