Community Commentary

I have always been against raising fees during my seven years on Oceanside City Council. I still hold this position and believe city government needs...

The plan now being discussed for the Leucadia 101 corridor is exciting news for downtown Leucadia. The Leucadia 101 Streetscape plan involves thoughtful and relevant...

American politics has always been a rough and tumble affair. One is ever surprised, even aghast, at how easily the American populace is turned from...

My move to Leucadia was inauspicious. In early 2001, having lived in Manhattan for 17 years, I’d been going through changes outside my control. A...

An open letter to Congressman Brian Bilbray Dear Congressman: I have worked in community health here for 15 years. However, one need not do so...

Does your vision of La Costa’s residential character include multi-story office buildings, regional department stores or the possibility of a Wal-Mart? It could if the...

Five years ago, the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee threatened the owners of Del Mar’s older homes with an involuntary preservation ordinance that prohibited demolition, curtailed...

Devastated and decimated by development, 95 percent of California’s coastal wetlands have been lost forever. Along with them, gone are habitat for endangered plants and...

Preserve Calavera is a nonprofit organization that depends on public support to fulfill its mission: to protect, enhance and restore the natural resources of coastal...

A few months ago I stopped by the new Carlsbad high school project site at the corner of Cannon Road and College Boulevard to check...

This week, March 14 to March 21, is proclaimed Sunshine Week in California. Not referring to the abundant sunshine that we enjoy here, but rather...

The trees in Orpheus Park in Leucadia have almost all been cut down — they are the disappeared. Save one. And a bird by the...

Twas the day before Christmas And all along the coast The waves, they were flat The surf, it was toast The wetsuits were hung on...

Recently, the chamber organized a group of businesses in the Henry’s shopping center and represented them before the City Council and the Traffic Commission. After...