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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

Encinitas City Hall. (NCC file photo)

Encinitas City Council rejects Cardiff Starbucks proposal

Roman S. Koenig February 11, 2022
Is the issue corporate coffee, the grandfathered use of a building, or traffic? That could have been argued either way ahead of the Encinitas City Council’s unanimous vote Feb. 9 to block the potential addition of a drive-thru Starbucks in Cardiff.
Financial challenges. (Image by Gerd Altmann, Pixabay)

Survey: Americans lose 200 hours of sleep over debt stress

StatePoint February 11, 2022
A new research study looking at how debt affects daily lives reveals that the true cost of debt is more than making the minimum payments. Having debt can also be detrimental to mental and physical health, and impact life decisions.
Business news. (James Abbott via Freeimages)

doxo: North San Diego households pay much more on home loans, rents

North Coast Current February 7, 2022
North Coast households — from Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar to Carlsbad and Oceanside — paid significantly more on monthly bills such as mortgages and rents compared with national averages, according to statistics released Feb. 2 by bill-management platform doxo.
Surveillance images show a person spray-painting racist and homophobic graffiti on the walls of San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas on early New Year’s Day. (San Diego County Sheriff’s Department)

Authorities arrest student in connection with Encinitas school graffiti incident

North Coast Current February 6, 2022
Authorities have arrested a 16-year-old San Dieguito Academy High School student in connection with a New Year’s Day graffiti incident at the Encinitas campus.
Dehydrating citrus can be a favorite way to preserve the fruit, and it can be used daily in a variety of uses. (Photo by Laura Woolfrey Macklem)

Preserved Home: Citrus can offer daily dose of recipe options

Laura Woolfrey Macklem February 4, 2022
I remember driving from Escondido to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas as a teenager, passing produce stands overflowing with fresh blood oranges and other fruits and vegetables. Before I knew about preserving, I would stop along the road just buy a little here and there, and savor the produce fresh. I may not have preserved fruit back then, but what I have preserved are memories growing up surrounded by citrus and avocado groves, friendly produce vendors, and, most of all, a very best friend.
Smokestack. (Photo by DDP via Unsplash)

EarthTalk: Do wealthy people generate more pollution than the less fortunate?

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss January 31, 2022
While many companies have taken modest steps to reduce pollution, overall emissions are still increasing and will likely stay that way until the governments of major polluters like the U.S., China and the European Union force companies to transition away from fossil fuels.
A faculty member walks across the courtyard of San Dieguito High School Academys math and science building Aug. 31, 2017. (Photo by Jen Acosta)

San Dieguito Academy student 1 of 10 district Presidential Scholar candidates

North Coast Current January 31, 2022
A San Dieguito High School Academy senior is among 10 San Dieguito district students named as candidates for the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, the district announced Jan. 27.
Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

4.1 quake rattles North San Diego County and much of the region

North Coast Current January 31, 2022
Residents in San Diego’s North County felt a Sunday morning jolt when a 4.1 earthquake rumbled through the region on Jan. 30.
Encinitas City Hall. (NCC file photo)

Nominations open for Encinitas Senior Citizen, Lifetime Achievement awards

North Coast Current January 30, 2022
Encinitas community leaders seek nominations for the 2021 Senior Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement awards from Feb. 1 to March 17.
Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

Tsunami advisory issued for San Diego coastline after South Pacific eruption

North Coast Current January 15, 2022
Authorities issued a tsunami advisory for the San Diego County coastline early Saturday morning after the eruption of a large undersea volcano in the South Pacific.
Cyclovia Encinitas participant in 2020. (Courtesy photo by Marcel Fuentes)

ENCINITAS: Cyclovia returns Jan. 9

January 8, 2022
Residents and visitors can explore downtown on an automobile-free South Coast Highway 101 when the annual Cyclovia Encinitas returns Sunday, Jan. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A sign outside the MiraCosta College Spartan Bookstore in Oceanside notes the opening of the fall semester on Aug. 23, 2021. (MiraCosta College photo)

Local colleges on track for in-person start as CSU San Marcos shifts online

North Coast Current January 7, 2022
As the Omicron COVID-19 variant takes hold across the region, North San Diego County colleges are taking somewhat different approaches to online vs. in-person learning at the start of the spring semester.
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