Oceanside
Oceanside works to fill funding gaps for youth services programs
OCEANSIDE — Following some heartfelt community requests, City Council unanimously voted to spend $153,000 in one-time funds and $120,500 per year in annual funds to fill in gaps in youth and family services at its May 15 meeting.
Theater hopes to refurbish landmark marquee in time for city’s 125th birthday
OCEANSIDE — Volunteer Bill Ims is determined to help raise $100,000 to refurbish the historical Star Theatre’s landmark marquee in time for the city’s 125th birthday celebration in July.
Cogeneration facility will save Oceanside on energy bill
OCEANSIDE — Alternative energy sources are adding up to big savings for the city.
City looks to ban restaurant patio smoking
OCEANSIDE — City Council took the first step to ban bar and restaurant patio smoking by directing the city attorney to draft a no smoking ordinance on May 1, which will be brought back to council for a final vote.
Murder plot foiled by cops
OCEANSIDE — Tim Lambesis, lead singer and co-founder for the heavy metal band, “As I Lay Dying”, was arrested without incident on May 7 in a retail business on Vista Way in Oceanside. Lambesis is charged with solicitation of another to commit murder.
All metal and no mettle in third ‘Iron Man’ movie
Regardless of Robert Downey, Jr., “Iron Man 3” is a heap of unusable scrap metal — all because of too many underdeveloped plotlines, pacing fluctuations and misused actors/characters.
Rancho Del Oro streetlights in need of repairs
OCEANSIDE — Residents in the Rancho Del Oro neighborhood may soon be in the dark. Currently 160 of the neighborhood’s 640 deteriorative metal streetlights have fallen over or have been taken down because of corrosion.
Grant funds will buy policing, security cameras
OCEANSIDE — The Oceanside Police Department was awarded $272,000 in Citizens’ Option for Public Safety, or COPS, grant funds that City Council approved receiving April 17.
Duo portrays issues of the ‘everywoman’
OCEANSIDE — Oceanside Theatre Company is bringing womens issues to center stage with “Parallel Lives,” a comedy by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy. With its abundance of humor and quirky characters, the show is a far cry from the likes of “The Vagina Monologues” and “Menopause, the Musical”.
