A new arena: NCAA transition at San Marcos going smoothly, but not without initial hurdles
Patrick Carr
November 7, 2015
Filed under Education, Higher Education, San Marcos, Top Stories
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 there’s a lot of construction going on in the area. Otherwise, the grey blob with some white...
Checking out books was the Human thing to do at Encinitas Library event
Helen Hawes
June 11, 2015
Filed under Encinitas, NORTH COAST LIFE
Reading got personal at the Encinitas Library on June 7 with a Human Library event, where borrowers could check out a Human Book and discover life from a different point of view through a 15-minute question-and-answer session. Prizila Vidal was a bestseller at the event. She offered three topics th...
UPDATE: No gunman at Cal State San Marcos
North Coast Current
August 20, 2014
Filed under LATEST NEWS, Law Enforcement, Region, San Marcos
An updated safety alert posted by California State University San Marcos on Aug. 20 states there was no reported gunman on campus after all. As of 9:45 a.m., the campus lockdown was cleared, according to the alert. No weapons were found when authorities contacted the suspect. According to Twitter r...
Teen honored with special award: Donate Don’t Dump program continues to help those in need
Debbie L. Sklar
August 20, 2014
Filed under Education, Encinitas, Higher Education, K-12, Region, San Marcos, Top Stories
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 20,000 pounds of donated food monthly to struggling families and seniors. Gabrielle, 17, has d...
