Arts & EntertainmentCalifornia FocusOpinionElias: Western grid proposal threatens Enron-like crisisThomas D. EliasMarch 15, 2023 March 15, 2023084 Regional electricity transmission organizations manage multi-state movements of power mostly to benefit companies that own the power lines....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 15, 2023 March 15, 2023034 This week's Coast News cartoon....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 8, 2023 March 8, 2023045 This week's Coast News cartoon....
California FocusOpinionNew cars all electric by 2035? Maybe notThomas D. EliasMarch 8, 2023 March 8, 202301050 More than a dozen Republican state attorneys general have filed a court document claiming the federal law behind the idea is unconstitutional....
LettersOpinionLetter: Protect Act a threat to safe communitiescommentaryMarch 8, 2023 March 8, 20230119 Residents and citizens will want to be on the look-out for legislation called the Protect Act. The Protect Act is a misleading name for newly...
Community CommentaryOpinionCommentary: Does Encinitas really need a homeless shelter?commentaryMarch 1, 2023March 2, 2023 March 1, 2023March 2, 20230583 How will a homeless shelter in our town impact public safety when these residents leave the shelter to loiter on our streets?...
California FocusOpinionElias: Mass transit merits potential budget cutThomas D. EliasMarch 1, 2023 March 1, 2023070 A look at the numbers gives a pretty good idea why Gavin Newsom chose transit to help make up a predicted $22 billion deficit....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 1, 2023 March 1, 2023048 This week's Coast News cartoon....
Community CommentaryOpinionCommentary: Protecting farmworkers from criminal wage theftSummer StephanFebruary 22, 2023 February 22, 2023080 this group, which is so vital to our state, also includes some of our community’s most vulnerable and taken advantage workers....
California FocusOpinionElias: Major questions for state’s gas companiesThomas D. EliasFebruary 22, 2023 February 22, 20230837 The nation’s biggest natural gas utility, SoCalGas, over the last two months more than tripled charges to most of its 21.8 million customers....