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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)

Home Start and One Paseo toy drive accepting donations

News Release December 6, 2023
Home Start, a local nonprofit committed to helping San Diego’s most underserved and vulnerable, is bringing cheer to local families in need during the holiday season by partnering with One Paseo for its annual holiday toy drive, running now until Dec. 13 at One Paseo in Carmel Valley. 
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)

Solutions for Change decks the halls for families through Project Jingle Bell

News Release December 6, 2023
As the holiday season approaches, Solutions for Change held Project Jingle Bell, aimed at spreading holiday cheer to families in need, in Vista on Tuesday, Dec. 5.
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)

West PACE in San Marcos seeks blankets and other items for seniors

News Release November 22, 2023
The nonprofit Gary and Mary West Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) hosts its annual holiday collection campaign called “Everyday Necessities Drive for North San Diego County Seniors” at its San Marcos day center now through Dec. 14.
Cool on the Coast: A roundup of events in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Oceanside and Escondido. (Moriah Farmer, FreeImages)

Cool on the Coast: Treat your elf this holiday season

Samantha Cox December 17, 2022
Your roundup of events in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Solana Beach, Del Mar and the San Diego region.
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)

West PACE in San Marcos seeks blankets for seniors

North Coast Current November 25, 2022
The nonprofit Gary and Mary West PACE in San Marcos seeks the region’s help in collecting 350 new blankets for vulnerable North County seniors now through Dec. 15 as part of its annual “Everyday Necessities Drive for North San Diego County Seniors.”
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)

Assistance League North Coast, Barnes and Noble book drive underway

OsideNews November 22, 2022
Assistance League North Coast and Barnes and Noble in Oceanside seek donations for their children’s Holiday Book Drive now through Dec. 24.
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)

Encinitas’ Community Resource Center hosts Jingle and Mingle on Dec. 6

North Coast Current November 22, 2022
The Community Resource Center, based in Encinitas, hosts its annual Jingle and Mingle fundraiser on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
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)

Oceanside McDonald’s restaurants donate surplus food to local nonprofits

News Release November 18, 2022
McDonald’s restaurants in Oceanside are donating surplus food in the restaurants to those in need.
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.
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.
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.
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