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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

Educators are working with Encinitas Environmental Education Cluster partners on the design of an Education and Events Pavilion. The pavilion is being designed to teach the state curriculum using the farm as a model. (Rendering courtesy of the San Diego Botanic Garden)

Encinitas groups aim to build Education Cluster

Stephanie Malone June 6, 2014

Encinitas should expect exciting environmental educational programs from the new E3 Cluster. The Encinitas Environmental Education Cluster, or the E3 Cluster, consists of the Encinitas Union School District,...

Program manager hired for Leichtag

North Coast Current February 12, 2013

The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego recently announced the hiring of Naomi Rabkin to assume the newly created position of North County Jewish Life Program Manager for the Leichtag Foundation. In...

Paul Ecke III stands among the poinsettias grown at Ecke Ranch in Encinitas. (Photo by Manny Lopez)

Transfer of flower power: Paul Ecke III optimistic about poinsettia powerhouse’s future under new ownership

Manny Lopez November 21, 2012

For the first holiday season since 1911, a member of the Ecke family will not be at the helm of the Encinitas company that popularized the poinsettia and made it the No. 1 selling potted plant in North...

The Ecke Ranch property in Encinitas, pictured Nov. 21, will soon be under the stewardship of the Leichtag Foundation. (Photo by Roman S. Koenig)

Leichtag outlines vision for Ecke land

Manny Lopez November 21, 2012

The purchase of the famed Paul Ecke Ranch in Encinitas by the Leichtag Foundation, a Jewish philanthropic organization, marks a turning point in the history of the community, where the poinsettia industry...

Editorial: A new start in Encinitas

North Coast Current April 7, 2012

History is turning an important page in Encinitas in wake of the announcement that the Paul Ecke Ranch is changing hands. It’s with that sense of history – and the future – that the North Coast Current...

Foundation to buy Ecke property

North Coast Current April 6, 2012

The Paul Ecke Ranch property is changing hands after playing a significant role in Encinitas history since the 1920s. The Leichtag Foundation, a Carlsbad-based philanthropic organization, announced...

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