Violinist to perform at library
ENCINITAS — Irina Tseitlin was only 12 when she began studying with Yuri Yankelevich at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. She went on to graduate at...
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Lifelong love of animals turns into a ‘wild’ career
ENCINITAS — Jessica Larios realized a childhood dream of working with wild animals when she founded The Wildlife Company in Vista 14 years ago....
Hunt for new career ends in quest for photo adventures
ENCINITAS — After being laid off by Kyocera in the fall of 2010, Chris Geirman went ahead on a planned white water kayaking trip to...
Tolan Shaw is having himself a ‘prolific year’
CARLSBAD — While every generation seems to reject their parents’ music, Tolan Shaw embraced the soulful sounds of Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye...
Weidner a longtime fixture on the Encinitas flower scene
ENCINITAS — The sale of the Ecke Ranch last August marked the end of an era, particularly for those who remember Encinitas in its heyday...
Artist’s marine-life works gains statewide attention
ENCINITAS — Brian Torch started this year in a funk that began two years earlier when the recession hit him personally as a marine life...
Entrepreneur teaches makeup artists
OCEANSIDE — After having children, Janet Pippins felt there was still something missing in her life. She had always enjoyed doing her friends’ makeup, and...
Sculptor to host teaching event
CARLSBAD — Lynn Forbes spent the first half of her career working as a costume builder for the theater and motion pictures including “Back to...
Coffee vendors brewing up business
ENCINITAS — With nine Starbucks locations in Encinitas, you’d think the latte market was saturated. Despite an influx of well-financed global chains and a deep...
Lagoon volunteer to be honored at gala
CARLSBAD — Eric Munoz, Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation’s 2012 Volunteer of the Year, will be among those at Discovery Gala 2013 beginning at 5:30 p.m.,...
Unique college readies for inaugural graduating class
ENCINITAS — Two years ago, Dr. Frank J. Papatheofanis made a major career move by retiring from his teaching position at UCSD Medical School to...
Fitness instructor brings new beat to Encinitas
ENCINITAS — For 12 years Jen Dagati has been on the cutting edge of cardio fitness drumming, training instructors across the United States and Canada...
Faces of Surfing exhibit opens at Encinitas Library
ENCINITAS — If Letty Nowak’s father was still alive, he’d be proud and maybe just a bit envious of his daughter....
Gallery promotes local artists while helping area charities
ENCINITAS — Seven years ago realtor Cindy Blumkin and landscape designer Paige Perkins put their heads and hearts together by raising money for mutual friends...
Book depicts local’s spiritual journey
ENCINITAS — Jake Ducey was a typical Encinitas kid — a surfer and championship basketball player who later found it difficult to resist the temptation...