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Rising fraud proving costly to lenders, Encinitas-based MoneyThumb reports

News Release September 16, 2025

A new study conducted by Encinitas-based MoneyThumb, a leader in automated document evaluation and fraud detection solutions, in partnership with deBanked, an industry publication for merchant cash advances,...

Solana Beach resident Jolene Koester, past interim chancellor of the California State University system, was recently named to the Scripps Health Board of Trustees. Her term is set to begin in January. (CSU photo)

Solana Beach resident named to Scripps Health board

News Release September 15, 2025

Jolene Koester, Solana Beach resident and past interim chancellor of the California State University system, and Rick Bregman, retired San Diego president of Bank of America and former national co-head...

Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

Five injured, one critically, in Oceanside near-drowning

OsideNews September 6, 2025
One Oceanside beachgoer was airlifted for treatment and four others were injured after a near-drowning Friday, Sept. 5, the Oceanside Fire Department reported.
Tsunami preparedness. (OsideNews file graphic)

Tsunami impacts negligible at Oceanside Harbor

Roman S. Koenig August 1, 2025
Effects from earthquake-generated tsunami waves were light at Oceanside Harbor early July 30 after an 8.8-magnitude temblor struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
Tsunami preparedness. (OsideNews file graphic)

Oceanside, La Jolla on tsunami watch after 8.8 Russia quake

North Coast Current and OsideNews July 29, 2025
Oceanside and La Jolla are among California coastal communities on a tsunami watch list as of 5:19 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
San Diego Strike Force Quarterback Nate Davis. (Team promotional photo)

Nate Davis keys San Diego Strike Force in 46-38 win over Bay Area Panthers

David A. Willauer July 14, 2025

The San Diego Strike Force indoor football team improved to 9-4 and now rides a six-game winning streak after they defeated the Bay Area Panthers by a 46-38 score July 7 at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside. “(Strike...

Higher education. (Photo by Ekrulila via Pexels)

North County students among credit union scholarship winners

News Release July 12, 2025
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union recently awarded $210,500 in college scholarships to 248 students, including from Oceanside and Escondido, as part of its annual Member Education Award scholarship program for 2025.
Laura Castañeda (left) had been deputy opinion editor of The San Diego Union-Tribune until Thursday. (Times of San Diego photo illustration)

Union-Tribune owners blocked editorial on ICE protests, fired opinion staffer says

Ken Stone, Times of San Diego June 13, 2025
A fired San Diego Union-Tribune opinion editor is accusing the paper’s owners of “censorship at its best” after she was let go at the same time an editorial was blocked from running.
A Nature Collective monitor tests the oxygen levels of water in the San Elijo Lagoon in Encinitas early June 7. (Nature Collective photo)

Nature Collective warns of potential fish die-off at San Elijo Lagoon

North Coast Current June 7, 2025
The Nature Collective is warning of a potential fish die-off in San Elijo Lagoon in Encinitas after monitors observed a drop in water oxygen, the organization announced Friday, June 6.
Education. (Photo by NeONBRAND via Unsplash)

Federal cuts raise concerns among area school districts and programs

Owen Pratt June 5, 2025
San Diego County school districts, including in North County, are grappling with cuts to education that are putting immigrant students in peril. In May, the federal Office of Budget and Management published its 2026 Skinny Budget Report. The 46-page document calls for eliminating $890 million from English Language Acquisition and $428 million from Migrant Education.
Ivey Ranch Park in Oceanside is known for its therapeutic equine programs. (Thoresen Photography, Ivey Ranch)

Ivey Ranch Park Association programs receive Sacramento recognition

News Release May 31, 2025
Ivey Ranch Park Association, an Oceanside-based nonprofit organization that works to enhance the lives of people with and without disabilities through care, education and Equine-Assisted Services, has been selected as a 2025 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Laurie Davies (D-Orange County).
Pacific Trails Middle School physical education teacher Tyler Kuehl (center, yellow shirt) stands with members of the San Dieguito Union High School District Board of Trustees and other officials in May. (Courtesy photo)

Pacific Trails PE teacher earns statewide educator award

News Release May 31, 2025
Pacific Trails Middle School physical education teacher Tyler Kuehl has been named the 2025 Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the California Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the San Dieguito Union High School District announced May 29.
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