Commentary: Go, Knights!
If you’re driving past San Marcos High School, you can see huge metal letters on its east wall that spell out the name “Knights.” The...
Opinions
Opinion: Climate debate should be grounded in facts
In his July 10 op-ed, “Encinitas should stop funding feel-good climate policies,” Encinitas resident Denis Lougeay gives the impression that climate change is an overblown...
Letters: Climate action is a necessary step
Local civil engineer Denis Lougeay uses many outdated and misleading arguments in his July 17 commentary, “Climate policy costs,” to attack the cost of the...
The inheritance
Herb Morgan isn’t a politician. He’s a retired chief investment officer and financial services executive who oversaw billions in institutional assets. Now he’s running for...
Letters: A more honest telling of American exceptionalism
I’ve been stuck for a while on the seeming lack of balance in columnist Jerome Stocks’ “America at 250” piece. I struggled to put my...
Op-ed: Encinitas should stop funding feel-good climate policies
Many Encinitans are environmentalists, and I am among them. We all want to live in healthy and beautiful surroundings, and we want that for future...
Opinion: The high cost of ideological governance
At the June 24 Encinitas City Council meeting, the council majority voted to reject a staff recommendation to apply for a $4 million grant from...
Commentary: Cooling off from hot holiday travel deals
Every major holiday seems to trigger an avalanche of “too-good-to-miss” travel deals. Our inboxes fill with glossy vacation packages promising luxury escapes — but only...
Letters: Protecting and preserving what makes Encinitas great
Cities, like nations, tell stories about themselves through what they choose to protect, preserve, fund, build and celebrate. Over the decades, Encinitas has been known...
Commentary: America at 250
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a band of wealthy but disgruntled British subjects living in the colonies located in the “new world” put their...
Letters: Climate inaction at Encinitas City Hall
On May 27, the Encinitas City Council held a special meeting to update the city’s Climate Action Plan. One year ago, the council voted to...
Letters: Politics, not policy on Santa Fe Drive
The “Politics” rubric used in The Coast News’ print article about the Santa Fe Drive bike lane and back-in parking fiasco was very appropriate. That...
Letters: E-bike safety takes more than parenting
A recent letter to the editor (“E-bike safety starts at home”) questions the use of tax dollars for bike safety for our city’s youngest riders....
Letters: Escondido ice rink plan meets a cold front at Kit Carson
For years, North County has been missing something important: ice. When Ice-Plex Escondido closed in 2020, it left a noticeable gap in our local sports...
Letters: E-bike safety starts at home
Dear Council Members and Capt. Watts: Yesterday, while driving an elderly passenger in her vehicle, I witnessed conduct that could have easily resulted in multiple...