Cool on the Coast: Community assistance and events for December

Michele Leivas
December 20, 2017
Your monthly roundup of events in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Del Mar and the region.
ENCINITAS: Drop in on Encinitas holiday parade Dec. 6
December 4, 2014
ENCINITAS — The annual Encinitas holiday parade returns Dec. 6 with the theme “Droppin’ in for the Holidays!” with appearances from pro surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders, and themed floats along the route. The parade will begin at 5 p.m. and end with a tree-lighting at The Lumberyard at...
Cool on the Coast: More than 20 sounds, sights and activities this season
Layla Marino
December 3, 2014
Southern California may not be seen by the rest of the country as the classic picture of winter traditions, but coastal North County has plenty of its own traditions for winter fun with a beach flare. Whether you’re interested in holiday events, wintry light shows or concerts and art openings, the coast...
Share your local holiday memories
November 29, 2013
Is it the people? Maybe the season itself? Or simply a sense of magic that comes from living in the communities that make up coastal North County? Share your North Coast holiday memories with fellow readers of the North Coast Current. Between now and Dec. 31, the Current invites you to submit a short,...
It wouldn’t be the holidays without: Staple has local roots

Lauren Ciallella
November 20, 2012
Editor's note: With the holidays around the corner, the North Coast Current revisits this story, first published in the Current in November 2008 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...
It wouldn’t be the holidays without: Tradition began with San Marcos native
Lauren Ciallella
October 31, 2008
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. “I...