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North Coast Current

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North Coast Current

Interfaith Community Services members run a food distribution event Thursday, Oct. 30, in Escondido. (Interfaith Community Services social media photo)

Interfaith, Feeding San Diego, Food Bank hold distribution events

North Coast Current November 3, 2025
Interfaith Community Services is expanding food assistance in Escondido as the ongoing federal government shutdown continues to delay CalFresh benefits for thousands of local families.
California uses EBT system cards for delivery and redemption of issued assistance benefits such as CalFresh, CalWORKs, and other food and cash aid. (San Diego County courtesy photo)

San Diego County SNAP recipients could face delays in shutdown

North Coast Current October 22, 2025
The CalFresh food-assistance program in San Diego County could face delays in November if the current federal government shutdown continues past Oct. 23.
Carlsbad, California. (Art Wager, iStock Getty Images)

CARLSBAD: McClellan-Palomar Airport drill early Oct. 23

North Coast Current October 22, 2025
People in Carlsbad may see emergency crews and flashing lights around McClellan-Palomar Airport on early Thursday, Oct. 23, but there’s no need to worry — it’s just a drill.
Rep. Mike Levin, D-49th District, holds a news conference in the Encinitas City Council Chambers on Oct. 3 regarding the status of the Affordable Care Act in the midst of the federal government shutdown. (Courtesy photo)

Levin keeps shutdown focus on health care at Encinitas presentation

North Coast Current and OsideNews October 4, 2025
Rep. Mike Levin held a news conference in Encinitas on Friday, Oct. 3, to explain some of the ramifications of the federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1.
Oceanside Fire Department. (OsideNews file photo)

4 people rescued after boat enters surf at Oceanside’s Harbor Beach

OsideNews September 29, 2025
Authorities rescued four people from a boat that was swept into the surf line just past Harbor Beach in Oceanside on Sunday, Sept. 28.
A Cal Fire social media photo shows flames from the Lilac 2 Fire, which broke out early Tuesday morning in the area of Bonsall in North San Diego County. (Cal Fire photo)

Lilac Fire leads to evacuations in Bonsall-Fallbrook area

OsideNews and North Coast Current January 21, 2025
Brush fires that broke out early Tuesday morning in North San Diego County led to evacuations in parts of Bonsall and Fallbrook, authorities reported.
Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

North County collects donations for SoCal fire victims

North Coast Current January 14, 2025
North San Diego County and regional organizations and individuals are gathering donations for those who have lost their homes and possessions in the Los Angeles area wildfires sweeping through Altadena, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and elsewhere.
Emergency lights. (Ariel Camilo, FreeImages)

Encinitas, Carlsbad officials remind residents of firefighting efforts, preparation

North Coast Current January 10, 2025
The cities of Encinitas and Carlsbad are reminding residents of fire preparation as parts of the Los Angeles area reel from some of the most destructive wind-driven blazes in the region’s history.
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Several ballot drop-off sites available in coastal North County

North Coast Current and OsideNews October 29, 2024
As Election Day approaches, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters is encouraging residents to mail their ballots in as soon as possible this week, deliver those ballots to local drop boxes, or vote in person at one of the region’s 39 in-person vote centers that opened as of Saturday, Oct. 26.
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2024 Oceanside election coverage available on KOCT

OsideNews August 27, 2024
KOCT, Oceanside’s community television station, provides roundtables and other coverage of this November’s election.
Rite Aid’s Encinitas location is pictured April 4. The store is slated for closure by mid-May. (North Coast Current photo)

Rite Aid closing longtime Encinitas drugstore

North Coast Current April 4, 2024
Rite Aid drugstores will leave Encinitas entirely in the coming weeks, according to an updated closures list in an ongoing bankruptcy case.
Medical. (Photo by Hush Naidoo via Unsplash)

County reports 2nd measles case with possible exposures in Encinitas, Carlsbad

North Coast Current April 1, 2024
San Diego County health officials recently confirmed the second measles case of 2024 with possible exposures in Encinitas and Carlsbad.
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