Smoke from Navy ship fire reaching up the coast, authorities warn
North Coast Current
July 13, 2020
Smoke from the USS Bonhomme Richard fire in San Diego is reaching up the coast today, as far north as Encinitas and Carlsbad, the National Weather Service advised this morning.
Carlsbad police investigate threat ahead of Floyd rallies
North Coast Current
June 5, 2020
The Carlsbad Police Department is investigating a social media threat of violence during George Floyd-related rallies in the city. By 2 p.m. Friday, June 5, a peaceful protest was underway.
Encinitas residents gather to protest death of George Floyd
North Coast Current
May 31, 2020
Nearly 400 Encinitas residents gathered at the Cardiff Kook statue Sunday, May 31, to add their voices to growing nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in Minneapolis police custody.
Driver arrested after van hits, injures three outside Encinitas bar
North Coast Current
March 1, 2020
San Diego County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man after he reportedly drove a van into three people outside a downtown Encinitas bar early Sunday, March 1.
Authorities make arrest in death of Encinitas woman
North Coast Current
October 12, 2019
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of an Encinitas woman, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday evening, Oct. 11.
Leucadia merchants assess next steps after fire destroys building
Julia Shapero
October 8, 2019
The cause of a fire that tore through four local businesses in Leucadia is still unknown, authorities said. By Oct. 8, the merchants had collectively raised more than $23,000 toward rebuilding.
Officials release names of two killed in Encinitas bluff collapse
North Coast Current
August 3, 2019
The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the names of two of the three beachgoers who died as the result of a bluff collapse Aug. 2 at Grandview Beach in the Encinitas community of Leucadia.
3 dead in Encinitas bluff failure
North Coast Current
August 2, 2019
Authorities from the Encinitas Fire Department and San Diego County Sheriff’s Department remained on scene into the evening Friday, Aug. 2, at the site of a bluff collapse earlier in the afternoon that killed three people.
Encinitas bluff collapse kills one beachgoer, injures others
North Coast Current
August 2, 2019
A bluff collapse at Grandview beach in the Encinitas community of Leucadia killed one person and injured others Friday, Aug. 2, authorities reported.
Carlsbad crash injures 3, blocks traffic on Rancho Santa Fe Road
North Coast Current
July 1, 2019
Three people were hospitalized June 29 after a serious collision at Rancho Santa Fe Road and Camino Junipero in Carlsbad. Drug intoxication may have been a factor in the crash, police reported.
Local health, educational leaders express outrage, heartbreak over Chabad of Poway attack
North Coast Current
April 29, 2019
Lori Gilbert Kaye, a victim who died in Saturday’s Poway synagogue shooting, was the wife of a Scripps Coastal doctor. The suspect was a CSU San Marcos student.
Deputies save driver before train collides with vehicle in Encinitas
North Coast Current
December 31, 2017
Sheriff’s deputies rescued a suspected drunken driver before a train collided with the driver’s car late Saturday, Dec. 30, at E Street and South Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas, authorities reported.