TURKEY TROT
Over 8,300 participants kicked off their Thanksgiving holiday at the O’side Turkey Trot on Nov. 28, the largest field size the race has seen since 2017. The top-ranked trot celebrated its 19th annual event and its second year in the care of producers San Diego Running Co.
DAMAGE CONTROL
Oceanside’s Nathan Hunt serves as a third class damage controlman aboard the USS Sterett, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer as the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group conducts routine operations in the US Third Fleet area of operations in the Pacific Ocean.
LION RELEASED
A young female mountain lion who was found severely emaciated, anemic and with soft tissue trauma after an animal attack in the Yucca Valley in May was released in San Bernardino County after healing for six months at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center.
PIE PATROL
The Oceanside Police Department and other law enforcement agencies delivered pies to at least 175 people throughout the San Diego County community during Operation Pie Patrol on Nov. 25. This is the program’s fourth year and first for Oceanside. The program started in 2020 to help curb elderly loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BUDGET AWARD
The City of Carlsbad’s annual budget has been recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for the 19th year in a row. The award is the highest form of recognition from the organization, which demonstrates the city’s budget serves as a guide for policy, financial planning, operations and transparency.
CAREER FAIR
Grauer School students got the chance to hear from parents who are professionals in industries including the arts, business, biotech, education, engineering, entrepreneurship and product development, human resources, law, medicine, real estate, sales and marketing and more during the school’s Career Fair held earlier in November.
