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Clinic appoints new site director
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VISTA — Vista Community Clinic recently announced Dr. Orna Gil as the new site director for the Vale Terrace Branch Women’s Center. Gil is a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist who come...
Suspect sought in burglary series
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VISTA — San Diego County Crime Stoppers and detectives from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Vista station are asking for assistance from the public in identifying a suspect wanted for a s...
Get groovy at annual Girl Scout event
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COAST CITIES — Scouts and Scout supporters will dig out their bell bottoms and tie-dyed T-shirts Sept. 10 for an evening of far-out fun under the stars. Urban Campout: Feelin’ Groovy will begin a...
Flower Hill resubmits planning documents to maintain road alignment
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COAST CITIES — The owners of Flower Hill Promenade have worked with the community for more than six years to refine the proposed revitalization of the shopping center. This collaboration has led t...
Del Mar women launch annual art fair
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DEL MAR — Founders of Art San Diego, Del Mar residents Julie Schraeger and Ann Berchtold, present the group’s annual Contemporary Art Fair set for Sept. 2 through Sept. 5 at the Hilton San Diego Ba...
CEOs to address business students
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SAN MARCOS — In the Executive’s Chair, a course at Cal State San Marcos in the College of Business Administration, kicks off the fall semester with more than a dozen senior executive-level guests v...
SANDAG to fund senior, disabled, low-income transportation
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COAST CITIES — SANDAG is soliciting applications for $4.5 million in funds available through three separate grant programs that will support various transportation initiatives serving seniors, the ...
Scholarship fund honors Olivenhain student
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ENCINITAS — The Amanda Post Scholarship Fund was announced in honor of Cathedral High School student Amanda Post who was one of the youngsters killed in the car accident Aug. 9 on Highway 395 near ...
Surfrider launches another Ocean Friendly Garden program
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COAST CITIES — Surfrider Foundation has kicked off a second round of workshops helping residents create a landscape that increases the beauty and value of their homes while saving water and prevent...
Documentary explores overscheduled teens
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COAST CITIES — Parents, do you feel like your child’s life seems so much more pressure-packed than your own childhood, but believe it’s necessary to ensure their success in later years? At 6:30 p....
Visually impaired take to the waves
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ENCINITAS — San Diego’s visually impaired will once again have the opportunity to experience our famous shorelines from a surfer’s point of view from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 19 at Ponto Beach in Carls...
DEMA launches ticket sales for gala fashion show
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ENCINITAS — The Downtown Encinitas MainStreet Association and Jeans4Justice will present the kick off to ticket sales with a VIP Party art opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 7 at 818 S. Coast Highway 1...
Auditions set
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ENCINITAS — Coast Kids Theatre recently announce auditions for their fall show “Oliver!” Auditions for children and adults will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 7, Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 at the Sta...
Adult musical ensembles welcome beginners
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CARLSBAD — Do you have an instrument just sitting around waiting to be played? Perhaps you want to learn a new instrument. The North Coast Strings and North Coast New Horizons Band are welcoming n...
Mayor honored with inaugural ‘Starfish’ award
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CARLSBAD — Mayor Claude A. “Bud” Lewis received the inaugural Starfish Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce’s annual “State of the City” luncheon Aug. 27. ...
ArtSplash to combine art and community care
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CARLSBAD — The ArtSplash chalk art festival seeks clean, gently used men’s, women’s and children’s apparel it will make into art, then donate. The clothing and shoes will be fashioned into a coll...
Tri-City lauded for wound care center
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OCEANSIDE — The Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine at Tri-City Medical Center was named “Wound Care Facility of the Year” at the seventh annual International Symposium for Hyperbaric Oxyge...
Woofstock looking for fresh, new moniker
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OCEANSIDE — In April 2010, Canine Companions for Independence hosted its sixth annual Woofstock Festival. “Woofstock has grown tremendously in six years,” said Linda Valliant, Canine Companions’...
Foundation raises money for scholarships
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COAST CITIES — Thanks to a recent donation of $150,000 by the Howard Charitable Foundation, and matching funds from the Osher Foundation, MiraCosta College has now raised nearly $700,000 for studen...
Time to start planning for October Harbor Days
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OCEANSIDE — The Oceanside Chamber of Commerce will present the annual Oceanside Harbor Days on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 at the Oceanside Harbor. The theme of this year’s event is “A Pirate’s Playground.” ...
Best of coastal art out at LeucadiART Walk
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LEUCADIA — The sixth annual LeucadiART Walk will cap the summer with color from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 29. LeucadiART Walk features “a mile of talent on Coast Highway 101,” with artists displayi...
Photographers invited to Elfin Forest amateur photo contest
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COAST CITIES —

The Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve has kicked off its fifth annual amateur photo contest. The reserve currently offers 11 miles of hiking, mountain biking and equestrian trails...
‘Liquid’ cube on display at OMA
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OCEANSIDE — Artist Richard Gleaves’ eight-foot cube constructed from 19,000 feet of monofilament fishing line will be on display from Aug. 21 to Nov. 21 at Oceanside Museum of Art’s Parker Gallery,...
Concerts light up racetrack on final weekend
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DEL MAR — The Del Mar Racetrack is keeping summer hot throughout August by bringing fans face-to-face with the biggest names in entertainment and Thoroughbred racing. Summer’s concerts hit the s...
WHAT’S HAPPENING, COACH?
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John Kentera of Sports Radio XX1090 is pictured with Ben Aguilera, a fifth-grader at Faith Lutheran School, and Carol Brady Ames of the Kiwanis Club of Sunrise Vista. Kentera spoke to the Kiwanis ...
City sponsors solar fun day
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SAN MARCOS — The city of San Marcos Community Services will sponsor an interpretive event featuring solar energy displays at Jack’s Pond Park on Aug. 7. Participants will learn about solar energy w...
Gallery names artist of month
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VISTA — The Vista Art Foundation is will present Warren Stark as the featured Artist of the Month for August at Gallery 204. Stark has been painting for 70 years. His paintings cover a wide varie...
Racetrack fills every day with fun
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DEL MAR — Between major events, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Mar offers weekly deals that include: — Half-off admission. It’s free to sign up for the Diamond Club onsite where membership grants ...
SANDAG report shows climb in marijuana use, decline in meth
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY — More than half of the juveniles arrested in San Diego County in 2009 tested positive for at least one drug, with marijuana use on the increase, while methamphetamine use declin...
Pala Casino’s concert continue through August
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PALA — Pala Casino Spa & Resort continues its Free Concert Series featuring dance bands at 9 p.m. on Fridays and tribute bands at 8 p.m. on Saturdays during August in the Grand Cabaret. The Video ...