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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)

Discovery Isle Preschool in Oceanside holds drive for San Diego Food Bank

News Release December 29, 2023
Students at Discovery Isle Preschool in Oceanside hosted a food drive to benefit the San Diego Food Bank during the holiday season.
The San Dieguito Union High School District offices in Encinitas. (Google Street View photo)

Education Matters: Defining a woman

Marsha Sutton November 21, 2023
With every trustee praising the potential for conflict resolution in the often divided San Dieguito Union High School District, which has been plagued in recent years with heated dissension, a unanimous vote to approve what the district is calling the One San Dieguito Initiative was anticipated. That is, until one trustee asked the National Conflict Resolution Center president for the definition of a woman.
The San Dieguito Union High School District offices in Encinitas. (Google Street View photo)

Education Matters: The need for conflict resolution in San Dieguito

Marsha Sutton November 18, 2023
With the National Conflict Resolution Center’s help, let’s hope the One San Dieguito Initiative lives up to its promise to lower the temperature in the San Dieguito Union High School District and the greater school community, and find a way to help all players treat one another, even when opinions and beliefs are disparate, with respect.
Students walk near the Kellogg Library at Cal State San Marcos. (CSUSM photo by Brandon Van Zanten)

California Faculty Association members vote for CSU strike

North Coast Current October 30, 2023
The California Faculty Association, which represents instructors at state university campuses including CSU San Marcos and San Diego State, announced on Oct. 30 that a majority of its voting membership had approved the authorization of a strike.
Community. (Photo by Clay Banks via Unsplash)

$250K Stop the Hate grant goes to Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside

News Release October 11, 2023
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside has been awarded a $250,000 Stop the Hate grant from the California Department of Social Services.
Blank chalkboard. (Photo by hudiemm, iStock Getty Images)

Education Matters: Public comments under fire

Marsha Sutton October 10, 2023
What goes with the territory of being an elected official on a school board is hearing from the public. It may be inconvenient, tedious or make some uncomfortable (few people come to school boards with praise), but hearing criticism is part of the job description.
Students participate in Palomar Health Foundation’s Middle School M.D. program on Sept. 13 in Escondido. (Courtesy photo)

Students learn skills, career potentials through Palomar Health Foundation program

North Coast Current September 25, 2023
Middle school students have an opportunity now through November to learn career pathways in the medical field through the Palomar Health Foundation’s second annual Middle School Medical Discoveries program.
Jersey Mike’s Subs franchise owners Adrian Gonzalez, J. Randolph Taylor and Ken Nicola are celebrating the opening of their Carlsbad location with  a fundraiser for the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. (Jersey Mikes corporate photo)

Carlsbad Jersey Mike’s location celebrates opening with fundraiser

News Release September 24, 2023
Jersey Mike’s Subs celebrates the opening of a new Carlsbad location with a fundraiser for the Carlsbad Educational Foundation from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1.
Rain. (Jan Fillem, Unsplash)

Palomar College opts for Monday closure as Tropical Storm Hilary arrives; MiraCosta remains open

North Coast Current August 20, 2023
Palomar College has chosen to close its facilities Monday, Aug. 21, as Tropical Storm Hilary arrived in the region.
Hurricane Hilary, which formed off the coast of Mexico (pictured in an Aug. 17 satellite image), is predicted to bring potentially heavy rains and high winds as a tropical storm to San Diego County and Southern California on Sunday through Monday. (NOAA National Hurricane Center photo)

CSU San Marcos announces Hilary storm closure; community colleges remain open for now

North Coast Current August 19, 2023
California State University San Marcos has canceled in-person classes and activities for Monday, Aug. 21, to mitigate potential impacts from Hilary, a hurricane that is expected to hit the San Diego region as a tropical storm over the weekend into the start of the week.
A rendering shows the future MiraCosta College Student Services Building, which is expected to be completed by spring 2024. (MiraCosta College/DLR Group image)

Significant construction in progress at MiraCosta College

OsideNews August 8, 2023
Major construction and renovation projects are underway as MiraCosta College’s fall semester approaches, with new buildings and significant upgrades to the Oceanside campus set for completion in the next two years.
Science education. (Steve Debenpor, IStock Getty Images)

Genentech grant boosts Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside sci-tech program

News Release August 4, 2023
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside was awarded a $50,000 grant from Genentech Inc. to support the club’s STREAM (Science, Technology, Research, Engineering, Arts, and Math) program.
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