Luke Harold

The founder of a new zero-waste takeout program wants to help reduce plastic waste and save money for restaurants, which typically have to pack to-go orders with single-use plastic wrappers, utensils and other items.

The Log Off Movement has expanded its reach to San Diego, where the organization’s leaders are encouraging local students to adopt the cause and become more mindful of their social media usage.

Two sisters in Del Mar have been leading an initiative to provide face masks and other supplies to healthcare workers in Tijuana and San Diego, where the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic quickly depleted resources over the past year.

Shipping company Flock Freight will go before the Solana Beach City Council to ask for a building-use permit that the company says it needs to stay in its Cedros Avenue headquarters.

The conference will be held Feb. 20-21 and March 6-7.

Team Optix, a robotics team from North County, wants to continue bolstering school curriculums, working with charitable organizations and making other efforts to expand its community outreach.

The app, Compyle, was designed to be a virtual farmers market.

Del Mar teen Fania Pupko and her younger sister have shifted their jewelry business to making mask-wearing a little more stylish.

With a new City Council in place, Del Mar Mayor Terry Gaasterland said she’s hoping for more unanimity after a year of sometimes contentious division on the council.

Four years ago, longtime Solana Beach City Councilwoman Lesa Heebner declined to seek reelection.

Longtime Rancho Santa Fe residents and physicians Joseph Weiss and Nancy Cetel, along with their daughter, physician Danielle Weiss, have created “a very user-friendly guide to colon cancer awareness.”

A petition by Del Mar residents to repeal a recently approved zoning ordinance has been certified by the county, setting the stage for one of the City Council’s first big decisions of 2021.