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North Coast Current

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North Coast Current

Drinking water. (Photo by Yucel Tellici, Freeimages)

San Diego County and state water agencies settle lengthy legal battle

News Release June 24, 2025
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the San Diego County Water Authority announced the settlement this month of a 15-year legal dispute over rates and the price term of an exchange agreement between the agencies.
Laura Castañeda (left) had been deputy opinion editor of The San Diego Union-Tribune until Thursday. (Times of San Diego photo illustration)

Union-Tribune owners blocked editorial on ICE protests, fired opinion staffer says

Ken Stone, Times of San Diego June 13, 2025
A fired San Diego Union-Tribune opinion editor is accusing the paper’s owners of “censorship at its best” after she was let go at the same time an editorial was blocked from running.
An Encinitas Fire Department vehicle sits in Olivenhain’s fire station, pictured Jan. 31. (Photo by Patrick Doyle)

Encinitas leaders vote to break up with fire protection co-op

North Coast Current June 13, 2025
The Encinitas City Council voted 5-0 Wednesday, June 11, to withdraw from a three-city Cooperative Fire Management Agreement with Solana Beach and Del Mar.
A Nature Collective monitor tests the oxygen levels of water in the San Elijo Lagoon in Encinitas early June 7. (Nature Collective photo)

Nature Collective warns of potential fish die-off at San Elijo Lagoon

North Coast Current June 7, 2025
The Nature Collective is warning of a potential fish die-off in San Elijo Lagoon in Encinitas after monitors observed a drop in water oxygen, the organization announced Friday, June 6.
Education. (Photo by NeONBRAND via Unsplash)

Federal cuts raise concerns among area school districts and programs

Owen Pratt June 5, 2025
San Diego County school districts, including in North County, are grappling with cuts to education that are putting immigrant students in peril. In May, the federal Office of Budget and Management published its 2026 Skinny Budget Report. The 46-page document calls for eliminating $890 million from English Language Acquisition and $428 million from Migrant Education.
Ivey Ranch Park in Oceanside is known for its therapeutic equine programs. (Thoresen Photography, Ivey Ranch)

Ivey Ranch Park Association programs receive Sacramento recognition

News Release May 31, 2025
Ivey Ranch Park Association, an Oceanside-based nonprofit organization that works to enhance the lives of people with and without disabilities through care, education and Equine-Assisted Services, has been selected as a 2025 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Laurie Davies (D-Orange County).
Education. (Photo by NeONBRAND via Unsplash)

Encinitas kids participate in regional Global Goals Earth Day Summit

News Release May 14, 2025
In honor of Earth Day, 200 sixth-grade students from Encinitas Union, Del Mar Union, San Ysidro, and National school districts gathered on April 22 at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center for the inaugural United Nations Global Goals Earth Day Summit.
City leaders, nonprofit supporters and advocates for the homeless gather April 29 for the official opening of Oceanside’s new Safe Parking Program. (Oceanside city photo)

Oceanside marks opening of safe parking for homeless

OsideNews April 30, 2025
Oceanside officials and advocates for homeless marked the opening of the city’s Safe Parking Program in collaboration with nonprofit Dreams for Change on April 29.
The USGS Did You Feel It? website shows the expanse of areas that reported feeling a 5.2-magnitude earthquake at 10:08 a.m. Monday, April 14. (USGS screenshot)

5.2-magnitude earthquake hits inland North San Diego County

North Coast Current and OsideNews April 14, 2025
Residents of San Diego County were jolted by a 5.2 earthquake Monday, April 14, at 10:08 a.m.
Business news. (James Abbott via Freeimages)

San Diego County Credit Union, Cal Coast announce merger plans

North Coast Current and OsideNews April 11, 2025
San Diego County Credit Union and California Coast Credit Union plan to merge, the financial institutions announced April 11.
San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. (Sheriff’s Office social media photo)

Sheriff’s Office investigating San Marcos death as suspicious

North Coast Current April 9, 2025
Authorities seek the public’s help in a San Marcos death that has been deemed suspicious, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office reported.
MiraCosta College Math Department Chair Lelia Safaralian. (MiraCosta College photo)

MiraCosta math professor honored for leadership and innovation

News Release April 9, 2025
MiraCosta College Math Department Chair Lelia Safaralian has been selected to receive the California Community Colleges Hayward Award for Excellence in Education, the latest in a long line of honors she has received for her work helping students to succeed in math.
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