A group of San Diego politicians has banded together with one message: the sale of guns and ammunition has no place at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) — who represents the 78th District, which includes the fairgrounds — introduced Assembly Bill 893, which would...
Earlier this month, the City Council approved a fee schedule that would recover costs and provide incentives to local workers. The fees are set to begin mid-March.
The Carmel Valley Community Planning board’s transit subcommittee has a plan in motion to reinstate transit to the area and it is hoping that the community will get on board.
A surprise donation is making it happen.
The Solana Beach School District is taking steps toward implementing a comprehensive and innovative social and emotional learning program in the coming school year that supports all students. The continuum of services aims to provide all students with relationship skills, connections to a trusted...
Four months ago residents in San Diego County elected two new county supervisors for the first time in decades, launching a period of dramatic change in the region.
The Canyon Crest Academy Robo Ravens team 7159 recently participated in the San Diego FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) League Championship at San Diego Jewish Academy.
A stretch of the bluffs near 14th Street in Del Mar slid to the beach early Friday afternoon, Feb. 15, briefly halting train service while the stability of the cliff was assessed, a city official said. Several people saw a roughly 30-foot long section of the bluff collapse shortly after noon, said...
Members the CCA debate team recently won multiple awards at the San Diego/Imperial Valley Speech League Competition Division 3B held at Rancho Bernardo High School. The group competed in three divisions: Policy, Congressional and Lincoln-Douglas.
Solana Beach City Council members will see an increase in their monthly paychecks for the first time in 11 years. The council on Wednesday, Feb. 13 unanimously approved about a 20 percent increase for city council members and a 35 percent raise for the mayor, effective for those on the dais after...
Solana Beach city staff said Wednesday, Feb. 13 that the city is seeing favorable results in its community choice aggregation program. Financial results through December 2018 show the Solana Energy Alliance (SEA) program, which launched in June as an alternative to San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E),...
Five possible routes for moving the train tracks off the eroding Del Mar bluffs were outlined this week by regional transportation officials. Four of the ideas involve twin sets of tracks drilled or bored through the ground as deep as 270 feet beneath the surface and up to a mile or more inland....
The Del Mar City Council will add new subcommittees and split an existing one into two groups. Following discussions at a recent retreat, the council decided Monday, Feb. 11 to add subcommittees for sea level rise, as well as the Watermark and Del Mar Resort projects. The governing body also agreed...
The Del Mar City Council is taking precautionary measures to protect and maintain a bluff preserve that would neighbor a proposed, controversial five-star resort. On Monday, Feb. 11, the council voted 4-1 — with council member Ellie Haviland casting the lone "no" vote — to approve language in a...
A two-story home in Del Mar was damaged by an early morning fire Monday, Feb. 11, that may have started in the home's fireplace, officials said.
Solana Beach has begun taking steps to replace its 75-year-old Marine Safety Center at Fletcher Cove with a larger and safer building more suitable to today's lifeguards and beachgoers. City staff and the architects behind the project, Domus Studio Architecture, gathered feedback and input from...
Following the toppling of a 75-foot-tall tree in Point Loma that killed two people last month, Del Mar residents are urging the city council to revisit its tree ordinance to help prevent such a tragedy in the north coastal city and maintain views. The city's current ordinance protects Torrey pines...
The fate of a proposed senior care facility — nearly eight years in the works — has been placed in the hands of Solana Beach voters. The Solana Beach City Council on Jan. 30 unanimously approved sending the project to a special election on May 7. Voters will weigh in on the project with mail-in...
More than 40 wounded veterans rode through Del Mar as part of the Soldier Ride, which raises awareness for former soldiers.
Two cousins are bringing a taste of the Mediterranean to Solana Beach. Micheline Mattar and Mike Shamshoum opened the second location of Micheline's Pita House in the Solana Beach Towne Center in late January, following three years of success in La Jolla. The fast, casual restaurant combines flavors...
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Isabella Thorn showcases her "Bella Hearts" exhibit throughout February at Exclusive Collections Gallery in Solana Beach.
Kyle Branch is part of one of six final teams competing in the 28th Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition.
The Carmel Valley woman — who started with the FBI in 1974 as a clerk before retiring in 2006 as a special agent — took part in a variety of major investigations as part of the critical incident deployment team.
Billing receives California School Boards Association’s inaugural Golden Quill Award, recognizing the essential role journalists play in increasing understanding of public schools.
Fusion Dance opened in Solana Beach in September.
A man who was shot by a sheriff’s deputy while firing a gun into the air at the Del Mar Fairgrounds — because he couldn’t get a ticket to last fall’s sold-out Ice Cube concert — pleaded guilty Wednesday, Jan. 23 to discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner. Daniel Elizarraras, 22, of...
Artesana residents feel that they are being “pushed out” of the Pacific Highlands Ranch community and sent to Solana Santa Fe Elementary School in Rancho Santa Fe rather than their neighborhood school.
The family-owned company that operates the Crossroads of the West gun show filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, Jan. 22, against the Del Mar Fairgrounds, challenging its suspension of the weekend event that has been held there for more than 30 years.
A Del Mar sculptor and filmmaker have joined together to bring some "Humanity" to an Encinitas park. Maidy Morhous' cylindiner bronze sculpture, titled "Humanity," was installed at J Street Park, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, late last year. She created the piece in 2013 after being commissioned...
A group of Canyon Crest Academy students have set out to help their younger peers find educational success by volunteering for tutoring services on the weekends. CCA's Tutor Outreach Club was founded last year after the students were influenced by an East Coast nonprofit called Inspire, which works...
Albert Lau, currently the director of engineering and planning with the Padre Dam Municipal Water District in East County, will assume his new role on Monday, March 4.
The San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) high school selection window for the 2019-2020 school year will open on Feb. 14, 2019 at 8 a.m. and will close on March 1, 2019 at 4 p.m. During the high school selection window, all current SDUHSD 8th grade students must select the high school...
New information in the case of Christian Clews, a Carmel Valley horse ranch owner sentenced last Feb. to 17.5 years in federal prison on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, has caused the judge in the case to vacate Clews' sentence and set a new sentencing hearing in March.
Carmel Valley resident Ignacio Herrera, 76, who suffers from dementia, is missing, according to the San Diego Police Department.
A passenger train struck and killed a pedestrian in Del Mar Jan. 18. The Coaster train hit the man in the area of Eighth Street and Stratford Court about 1:30 p.m., according to sheriff's officials.
To cap her 50th year in the industry, Zandra Rhodes will release a book all about her career, as well as a London exhibition. Both events are expected to happen in the fall.
Carmel Valley resident and Salk scientist Saket Navlakha, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling more than $1 million over the next five years.
Accomplished FBI and Sheriff’s Department veteran has served on board since 2012.
Del Mar restaurant-goers may soon have to either forfeit drinking straws all together or use more biodegradable alternatives. The city council on Jan. 14 gave its first green light to an ordinance that would regulate plastic straws and stirrers as part of an effort to reduce plastic pollution that...
In the coming years, aging seniors could have another place to go to receive assistance in Solana Beach. A Cardiff-by-the-Sea development company has announced it has received the number of signatures needed to have its tentatively-named “Solana Beach Senior Care Facility” go to the voters in the...
Seeking to reduce the risk from fluctuations in the energy market, the city of Solana Beach will enter into a three-year purchase agreement for hydroelectric power, under the city’s program that allows residents to purchase electricity as an alternative to San Diego Gas & Electric.
While construction of a new entryway bridge still has at least four years to go, Del Mar has begun gathering input from the community about the new fixture. City staff updated residents and fielded questions Jan. 10 on the Camino Del Mar Bridge Replacement Project. The original bridge was built...
A suspect in an Orange County homicide was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 8, following a freeway chase that lasted over an hour and stretched from Anaheim to the Del Mar area during morning rush hour traffic, authorities said.
A North County professional skateboarder is being charged in a federal drug distribution case months after a search of his Encinitas home turned up heroin, methamphetamine and Xanax.
The Del Mar Fairgrounds is taking a step toward more security measures after the 22nd District Agricultural Association Board of Directors on Jan. 8 approved a full-time deputy to patrol the venue during special events. The 7-1 decision — with board member Watson dissenting and board member Lisa...
Seachange Brass will play at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito, 1036 Solana Drive, on Jan. 13 at 6 p.m.
Del Mar started the new year with a groundbreaking of a longtime project. The city began work on the Del Mar Streetscape project -- which aims to revitalize the downtown area with features such as a new roadbed, sidewalks, trees, streetlights, four-way crosswalks, and street art -- during the first...
An unarmed man walked into a Solana Beach Wells Fargo on the morning of Jan. 3, ordered everyone to the ground while announcing his intention to commit a robbery, then stripped to his underwear and sat in a chair to await his arrest, sheriff’s officials and a witness said. The bizarre incident...
After seven years of advocating for the improvement of the survival and quality of life for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the Clearity Foundation has partnered with the Susan Poorman Blackie Ovarian Cancer Foundation (SPB Foundation) to further help these women and their support systems.