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North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

This holiday season, the North Coast Current highlights news from local nonprofits, fundraisers and other outlets in support of our communities. (Hugo Humberto Plácido da Silva, FreeImages)

North Island Credit Union seeks donations for annual Toy Drive

News Release November 18, 2022
North Island Credit Union, in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego, invites residents to make a difference in a child’s life this holiday season by participating in its 2022 Holiday Toy Drive.
Roger Teten and cat play on a pedal-driven car in east Encinitas in 1930. (San Dieguito Heritage Museum photo)

Handmade gifts to flower shows: Encinitas holidays nearly a century ago

Charlene Pulsonetti December 23, 2021
As winter brought shorter days and colder nights, Encinitas families pulled canned goods from their pantries and surely shared excess with those less fortunate. They shared their culture through holiday treats, and folks like the Eckes helped put the community on the map with their poinsettias.
With a deep, spiced flavor and soft crumb, this homemade gingerbread load the perfect holiday breakfast treat. (Photo by Laura Woolfrey Macklem)

Preserved Home: Looking to bake some gingerbread? Snap to it with this recipe

Laura Woolfrey Macklem December 17, 2021
My gingerbread loaf recipe, though, is a much-anticipated treat and baked in ornamental pans. With a deep, spiced flavor and soft crumb, it’s the perfect holiday breakfast treat.
Members of the Encinitas Sasquatch Association encourage the City Council on Oct. 27 to reinstate the citys Holiday Parade. The council voted 4-1 to have the parade after officials called it off. (Encinitas city image)

Encinitas City Council votes to reinstate Holiday Parade

Roman S. Koenig October 28, 2021
It was a City Council vote so important for Encinitas that even Sasquatch came out to plead the case. In a 4-1 decision Wednesday, Oct. 27, council members reinstated the city’s Holiday Parade.
The Encinitas city sign over Coast Highway 101 is shown decorated with holiday lights in this 2018 file image. (Photo by Ian McDonnell, iStock Getty Images)

Encinitas cancels Holiday Parade to residents’ frustration

North Coast Current October 25, 2021
Encinitas social media chatter lit up in recent days after the city announced the cancellation of the community’s annual Holiday Parade, citing COVID-19 concerns. Amid the backlash, an item was added to the Oct. 27 City Council agenda to reconsider the decision.
How and Where to Recycle Real Christmas Trees in San Diego County

How and Where to Recycle Real Christmas Trees in San Diego County

OsideNews December 18, 2020

Among other benefits over fake trees, real Christmas trees can be composted or turned into mulch and returned to the earth San Diego County CA— Cut or living Christmas trees are better for the environment...

Sophie Cubbison in a publicity photo advertising her products. (Photo courtesy of Mrs. Cubbison’s Foods)

It wouldn’t be the holidays without: Tradition began with San Marcos native

Lauren Ciallella November 24, 2020
Is it stuffing or is it dressing? “There’s really no difference,” says Leo Pearlstein, Mrs. Cubbison’s PR man since 1948. A personal friend of San Marcos legend Sophie Cubbison, Pearlstein watched as this inventive entrepreneur used her passion for health food to become a national icon.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and his friends Bumble, Yukon, and Clarice will make spirits bright by providing physically-distanced photos for guests to take home. It’s all part of SeaWorld’s Christmas Celebration, taking place on select dates from Nov. 13, 2020 through Jan. 4, 2021.
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SeaWorld San Diego’s Christmas Celebration Offers Unlimited Holiday Cheer at Limited Capacity Earlier than Ever Before

OsideNews November 15, 2020

With enhanced health and safety measures, Christmas Celebration now underway with amazing animals, furry and festive characters, classic Christmas festivities, and all-new holiday experiences for the whole...

Christmas Musical at Carlsbad Community Church- December 12 and 13

Christmas Musical at Carlsbad Community Church- December 12 and 13

OsideNews November 6, 2020

Carlsbad CA—“Sing to the King”, a Christmas Musical and Dessert at Carlsbad Community Church, Saturday, December 12, at 2pm and Sunday, December 13, at 6pm in the Worship Center. The musical praises...

Teten House holiday display. (San Dieguito Heritage Museum)

ENCINITAS: Visit historic home for the holidays this December

December 22, 2019

ENCINITAS — Step back into Encinitas holiday history with a visit to the Teten House at the Heritage Ranch, part of the nonprofit San Dieguito Heritage Museum. The house, furnished with Teten family...

Cool on the Coast: A roundup of events in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Oceanside and Escondido. (Moriah Farmer, FreeImages)

ENCINITAS: 25th holiday tree-lighting set for Dec. 6

November 30, 2019

ENCINITAS — The community is invited to the 25th Annual Encinitas Heritage Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 6, 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the corner of 4th and C streets overlooking Moonlight Beach. To...

Escondido Police Children’s Christmas Party

Escondido Police Children’s Christmas Party

OsideNews November 13, 2019

Escondido CA— Every year the Escondido Police Department hosts an annual Children’s Christmas party to give kids who have been the victims of abuse, neglect, and violent crime a Christmas they might...

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