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Oceanside weighs archway timeline as infrastructure needs loom
OCEANSIDE — Work on the downtown archway sign project, slated for completion before the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, could slow as the city weighs...
Oceanside planners OK 88 condos in historic mission district
OCEANSIDE — Planning commissioners gave a thumbs-up to a mixed-use, 88-unit condominium project in the historic mission district. Called Mission Flats, the project at the...
After 43 years, KOCT Television fights to stay on air
OCEANSIDE — One of Southern California’s last remaining public education and government channels is turning to the community for help keeping the microphones on and...
Oceanside names skatepark in honor of Shane Hidalgo
OCEANSIDE — The city has officially named the skatepark at John Landes Park after the late Shane Hidalgo, a professional skateboarder whose legacy of community...
Spooky Halloween activities and other fall fun in North County
REGION — Halloween is creeping closer, and North County is ready to get into the spirit. Haunted houses (and car washes), eerie corn mazes and...
Oceanside construction crew unearths 40 million-year-old fossils
OCEANSIDE — Construction crews unearthed fossilized bones of a large, hoofed mammal that roamed the area more than 40 million years ago during a routine...
Oceanside pier bridge, lifeguard center rebuild faces $60M funding gap
OCEANSIDE — The City Council certified an environmental impact report for the proposed $82 million reconstruction of the Pier View Way Bridge, advancing the project...
Oceanside purchases two drones for police department
OCEANSIDE — The city is moving forward with the purchase of two new drones, costing nearly $700,000, for the Police Department to use as first...
Oceanside planners approve 41 homes in two coastal projects
OCEANSIDE — Planning commissioners on Monday approved two residential projects in Oceanside’s coastal communities that together will provide 41 units, including six affordable units. The...
Oceanside bars naming city facilities, parks after people
OCEANSIDE — The city will no longer name or rename parks and city facilities after people or groups under a policy change unanimously approved by...
Suspicious packages prompt investigation, shelter-in-place
OCEANSIDE — A hazardous materials investigation in Oceanside prompted a SigAlert and a shelter-in-place order on Sunday for residents of a neighborhood where several suspicious...
Victim of fatal Oceanside bicycle crash identified
OCEANSIDE — Authorities have publicly identified an Oceanside bicyclist who was fatally injured this week in a traffic accident in his hometown. Christian Anthony Fa’amaligi,...
Oceanside seeks bids to stabilize pier’s western end
OCEANSIDE — The city is seeking bids to stabilize the hammerhead end of the Oceanside Pier more than two years after a fire severely damaged...