Jamie Higgins, Author at The Coast News Group

Solana Center for Environmental Innovation offers locals a place to recycle waste and produce organic soil

Jamie HigginsApril 11, 2018April 11, 2018

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Something’s cooking at Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, but it’s not what you might expect. As organic matter decays, it heats up. A compost pile...

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Escondido butterfly garden takes flight

Jamie HigginsNovember 2, 2017November 9, 2017

November 2, 2017November 9, 20170991

ESCONDIDO — The Escondido Creek Conservancy will hold an urban butterfly garden planting on from 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 4 at the Plaza Del...

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Community coalition fights to keep library public

Jamie HigginsAugust 11, 2017August 11, 2017

August 11, 2017August 11, 20171360

The Escondido Library board of trustees, whose role is advisory, voted unanimously to oppose privatization of the Escondido Library....

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Concern over outsourcing of public library services

Jamie HigginsJuly 28, 2017

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Escondido city staff continue to explore whether there are cost savings to be gained from turning public library services over to a private for-profit company....

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Next step for Country Club project

Jamie HigginsJuly 14, 2017

July 14, 201711078

On June 28, the city of Escondido released a draft Environmental Impact Report for The Villages, the current development proposal for the former Escondido Country...

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Independence Day event offers beer tasting

Jamie HigginsJuly 3, 2017July 3, 2017

July 3, 2017July 3, 20170321

This Independence Day event promises to be a hoppin’ good time....

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Worms turn waste into wealth for gardens

Jamie HigginsApril 2, 2017April 7, 2017

April 2, 2017April 7, 20171712

Do you hate throwing out that overripe banana, wilted lettuce leaves or the avocado that you didn’t get around to eating?...

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Could citrus disease be in your backyard?

Jamie HigginsMarch 31, 2017March 31, 2017

March 31, 2017March 31, 201711072

It may only be the size of an aphid, but the Asian citrus psyllid spreads a fatal disease that has had a huge impact on...

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North County photojournalist turns succulents into superstars

Jamie HigginsMarch 27, 2017March 27, 2017

March 27, 2017March 27, 20171709

Debra Lee Baldwin, a North County photojournalist, bestselling author and San Diego Horticultural Society’s 2017 Horticulturist of the Year, has spent the last 10 years...

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Farm Bureau offering year-round farm tours

Jamie HigginsMarch 7, 2017March 9, 2017

March 7, 2017March 9, 20170994

The San Diego County Farm Bureau has said goodbye to Farm Tour Day, opting instead to offer a variety of farm tours throughout the year,...

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Nature Calls: Breathing room

Jamie HigginsFebruary 26, 2017February 24, 2017

February 26, 2017February 24, 20170464

Life moves so fast that sometimes it’s hard to catch my breath. I know I’m lucky to live in the land of fun and sun,...

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Dogs, walkers will fill up Kit Carson Park Feb. 25

Jamie HigginsFebruary 21, 2017

February 21, 20170370

Animal lovers and their four legged friends will take over Kit Carson Park in Escondido later this month....

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Escondido Chocolate Festival is a sweet excursion

Jamie HigginsFebruary 10, 2017

February 10, 20170333

It has been traded as currency, considered an aphrodisiac, believed to have mystical properties, and used in sacred ceremonies. Our fascination with the cocoa bean...

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Furniture exhibit celebrates craftsmanship

Jamie HigginsFebruary 3, 2017February 2, 2017

February 3, 2017February 2, 20172 588

It may have been luck that Bob Stevenson inherited his great-great grandfather’s woodworking tools, but it was hard work and Palomar College’s Cabinet & Furniture...

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Brahms look-alike brings composer’s music to life

Jamie HigginsJanuary 28, 2017January 27, 2017

January 28, 2017January 27, 20170641

Johannes Brahms is alive and well in North San Diego County — sort of. Brahms’ doppelganger and long-time San Diego musician and educator, Dr. Joe...