Opinion: Tch, tch … Blakespear’s grip lingers
Tch, tch… In response to the writer of “Judge record, not the rhetoric” (The Coast News, Oct. 9, 2026). Tch, tch. I find it amusing...
Sheila S. Cameron
Opinion: Build baby, build
So nice to see that Building Industry Association members Saad Asad and Thomas LaCroix are watching out for their industry and sharing their “Build baby,...
Commentary: Encinitas is having a birthday!
Forty years ago, the Encinitas ship of state was launched on the rocky shores of cityhood. Oct. 1, 2026, marks this milestone and presents an...
Opinion: More housing, fewer homeowners
The “Affordable housing at what cost” article by Felicia Gamez-Weinbaum in The Coast News’ Aug. 21 print edition is well written and explains some of the...
Letters: Political grudges overtaking public comments in Encinitas
I read with interest the letter in your May 8 newspaper, “Public comment rules favor the few.” The writer referred to the Oral Communications portion...
Commentary: Why corporations should tithe for wildlife
To tithe, traditionally, refers to giving one-tenth of one’s resources to support a religious community or institution. In researching the term, I found another definition:...
Honoring women who blazed trails for us all
There are thousands of women upon whose shoulders we stand today — women who defied expectations, shattered barriers, and created paths for us to walk...
Commentary: It’s time to make 101 parking fair for all Encinitas businesses
Parking infringements allowed restaurants to survive the pandemic. But the pandemic is over. ...
Remembering Rachel Carson for Women’s History Month
Marine biologist, scientist, researcher, naturalist scholar and gifted writer…meet Rachel Carson. Carson wrote about the oceans in a series of three books in the 1940s...
Experience Hawk Watch
Hawk Watch in Ramona is the opportunity to mingle in nature and start the new year by being enraptured by raptors....
Does Blakespear deserve higher office?
Before sending Catherine Blakespear to the California Senate, we should first look at what she has done for the city of Encinitas....
Homeless in Encinitas?
Are you aware that our Encinitas Mayor and City Council Members are voting to make Encinitas the Regional Center for the Homeless for ALL of...
Narrowing our historic Highway 101 is still not a good plan
In my commentary on October 4th, 2019 in this newspaper, “Cry, Our Beloved Leucadia,” I stated that “Streetscape basically benefits the bicycle community (about 400...
Is Encinitas for sale?
Is everything in our City for sale? Even our integrity? Why is it that the rich can pay their way onto any building — whether...
Why I’m running for mayor of Encinitas
We have to decide what path we’ll follow in the coming years....