Solana Beach adopts bag ban, exempts restaurants
SOLANA BEACH — Paper or plastic will no longer be an option in Solana Beach. At the May 9 meeting, the city became the first in the region to regulate the distribution of single-use plastic bags by adopting an ordinance introduced two weeks earlier. But to avoid a lawsuit, council members agreed to an amendment [...]
Surfer Rob Machado goes behind the lens for exhibit
SOLANA BEACH — Plenty of cameras have captured Cardiff local Rob Machado’s smooth, flowing turns on waves in Encinitas and around the world. It turns out Machado is also comfortable behind the lens. Machado signed autographs and mingled with fans May 5 at the launch of his debut photography exhibit at Bliss 101, a coastal [...]
Commentary: Kudos to city for bag ban
Kudos, congrats, and salutations to Solana Beach for being the first city in San Diego County to pass a plastic bag ban ordinance! I look forward to other communities following suit. It’s amusing to read the propaganda, misinformation, and outright sarcasm in other papers about this wonderful grass roots success story, as if this long [...]
This ‘Hound’ chases after funny bone
SOLANA BEACH — Hardly, if ever, has there been a time when the mentioning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles” elicited an eruption of laughter.The Sherlock Holmes mystery about a savage hound wreaking havoc on a family of an English estate just didn’t seem to warrant it. That is, until actor [...]
An Open Letter: To the Mayor and City Council of Solana Beach
The City Council has preliminarily approved an ordinance that would: • Ban plastic bags at restaurants and force people to take a paper bag, a reusable bag, or no bag at all. Paper bags are not safe for certain hot foods and liquids, including soups. A lady was badly burned removing hot soup from a [...]
Fletcher Cove Community Center use policy still controversial
SOLANA BEACH — Rather than direct staff to develop rules for using the newly renovated Fletcher Cove Community Center, as was planned, City Council instructed stakeholders to create policies that are acceptable to residents who want the facility to be available for celebrations and those who don’t.“This was like a snowball going down a hill,” [...]
Solana Beach OKs law to reduce plastic bag use
SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach will soon be the first city in San Diego to essentially ban single-use plastic bags. At the April 25 meeting, council members unanimously approved an ordinance that aims to reduce, rather than completely eliminate, carry-out plastic bags.“The community has empowered us — really requested us — to act on this [...]
Fashion show benefits Greyhound Adoption Center
SOLANA BEACH — It was a fusion of fashion, philanthropy and fun on Cedros Avenue when Janet Sinclair celebrated the one-year anniversary of her consignment boutique by thanking her clients with a runway show, discounts and opportunity drawings to benefit the Greyhound Adoption Center.“This is our way of saying thank you for your loyalty and [...]
Fletcher Cove Community Center use policy still controversial
SOLANA BEACH — Rather than direct staff to develop rules for using the newly renovated Fletcher Cove Community Center, as was planned, City Council instructed stakeholders to create policies that are acceptable to residents who want the facility to be available for celebrations and those who don’t.“This was like a snowball going down a hill,” [...]
Solana Beach wants improved safety standards at San Onofre
COAST CITIES — Stressing they have no interest in joining the debate over nuclear energy policy, City Council members agreed unanimously at the April 25 meeting to send letters supporting efforts to improve safety standards at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, also known as SONGS, to members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and elected federal [...]
