Community Commentary

The proposed Leucadia Highway 101 Streetscape plan reflects the continuing desire of our community to create a tree-lined, walkable, pedestrian, bicycle and driver friendly Leucadia...

Mr. Murtaugh’s indignation aside, smoking is suicide. I dare any smoker (who survives) to argue any different. Feel that rush when you light up? It’s...

I walked into my position as new CEO of the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce just six weeks ago and what I found was not pretty....

My daughter Valerie and her husband Michael Corral own 106 acres in Davenport, Calif., on Swanton Road, which houses three homes. Due to the mountainous...

The federal prevailing wage law known as the Davis-Bacon Act was passed in 1931 after the great depression. In 1979, nine states repealed laws enforcing...

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...