About ten years ago, young mom and aspiring personal chef Starr Edwards started bringing her food samples to farmers markets in Leucadia and San Marcos, hoping to drum up business. Among her samples was a …
February 17, 2021
Bitchin Sauce is everywhere now
San Diego's deadly bike lanes
City planners and some cycling advocates insist that protected bike lanes are the best and safest way to encourage many San Diegans to ditch their cars and join the cycling transportation revolution. Bordered by raised …
March 8, 2021
“Whenever I go to a brand-new spot, it’s always really special.”
Are you a local? Yes How long have you been surfing? Probably close to ten or twelve years. I have been in the water my whole life. My dad was a big-time surfer back in …
November 16, 2021
Toasting Cap’n Keno’s
When I worked in North County some years ago, I would regularly drive by Cap’n Keno’s on the 101 and admire it, in the same way I would admire Leucadia’s Log Cabin Apartments or the …
February 9, 2022
The return of the Westwatcher
“It’s a low-temperature variant of surf rock, with tremolo guitars, sixties organs, and what a friend says are cinematic melodies,” says Darius Degher of his new Slide the Wide Horizon album, recorded under his instrumental …
June 23, 2022
Encinitas says yes to 199 apartments on Clark Avenue
A high-density housing project in Leucadia that will include low-income rental units has been approved 4-0 by the Encinitas City Council, overturning a decision to deny it. Spurred by angry neighbors, the city's planning commission …
September 20, 2022
Who needs Disneyland duels when you can Twitch?
Missy Alcazar took up classical piano at an early age, and was considered a child prodigy. Her teacher permitted her to practice only “the greats” — composers such as Bach and Chopin. But by elementary …
November 24, 2022
The last of Highway 101's eucalyptus grove
Leucadia funk-removal machine to start up soon Leucadians rallied against the issues of the day on Coast Highway, a proposed 7-Eleven, a drive-thru Jack in the Box, and the terminus of proposed Highway 680 — …
January 16, 2023
Encinitas proceeds to cut Beacon's Beach parking
It's not like moving trains or houses away from the edge of crumbling cliffs. But plans to move a small Leucadia parking lot and access trail have faced stiff opposition. Last week, the Encinitas City …
July 10, 2023
If God didn’t love pigeons, he wouldn’t have given them wings
I was riding on the 8:35 a.m. train from L.A. to San Diego. About halfway between Oceanside and Solana Beach, we had pulled to a side track to wait for the southbound Amtrak to pass. …
February 21, 2024