Op-Ed: Your family’s safety from gun violence is on the ballot
By Therese Hymer There’s a critically important local race on the ballot this November — the most important in the region regarding gun safety. For...
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Letters: Change in Encinitas as refreshing as a summer lemonade
The residents of Encinitas are eager for their summer lemonades, just as they are ready to shed the dominance of the single-party rule that has...
Commentary: Encinitas mayor passed the buck on flooding dangers
Decades-old flooding risks in Leucadia finally have the city’s attention after somehow escaping Mayor Tony Kranz’s attention....
Letters: Don’t let the Arts Alive banners die in Encinitas
Dear Editor, Something is missing — a 21-year Encinitas tradition that myself and many local residents cherish and anticipate each year. I am referring to...
Commentary: A tale of two (coffee) cups
“I was upset that you’re tacky. I don’t care about your bad taste in coffee,” wrote one reviewer. “Best coffee in Southern California. Not shameful...
Letters: Belated response to a shrill polemic
I owe the staff of The Coast News an apology for my belated response to the polemic, “What happened to The Coast News?” North County...
Letters: Winning isn’t everything
By Lisa Shaffer I want to express appreciation to the Encinitas candidates who were not successful in the recent election. Just by running, they changed...
Commentary: Does institutional or systemic racism still exist in our society?
By Cori Wilbur and Narima Lopes When Barack Obama became the first African American president, many believed that political division and racism in the United...