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Ken Harrison May 20, 2013 @ 9:26 a.m.
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San Dieguito High School Fallen Alumni Calling all Veterans and San Dieguito High School alumni - Please join us this Saturday, May 25th, for a very moving memorial remembrance for former San Dieguito alumni that gave all to our country in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. 19 former students names will be read and remembered. 11:00 @ the Fallen Veterans monument in front of the school.
Ken Harrison May 13, 2013 @ 4:13 p.m.
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Its for a Good Cause The Encinitas Lions Club worked two days in one of the beer booths at the annul Gator by the Bay Zydeco Festival in San Diego last Friday and Saturday. Dennis and Sunshine Smith and their crew made over $800 just in tips. Their percentage of the beer sales will be added later. The funds help in many community service projects. One great event the Lions do each year is take blind folks surfing. Wow! Great job Lions!!!!!!
The Encinitas Lions serve our neighborhood!
Ken Harrison May 12, 2013 @ 6:48 a.m.
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Free TV? Maybe they got their craigslist directions wrong and thought Rite Aid was the site of the curb alert for a free TV. Read all about it!
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/may/11/stringers-tv-swipe-scam-encinitas-rite-aid/
Ken Harrison May 12, 2013 @ 6:44 a.m.
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Steve Amster for Mayor? Garden State Bagel owner Steve Amtster is ticked off again. Find out with who. Read all about it!
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/may/11/stringers-encinitas-business-owner-faces-/
Steve Amster
Ken Harrison May 10, 2013 @ 2:02 p.m.
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Jimmy Hoffa's Body? Nope, just a huge hole in the ground, right off the Moonlight Beach parking lot at 3rd and C Streets. The huge hole goes way down, more than 20 feet below the street level. They are drilling, adding new sewer pipes underground, rather than rip up the streets to replace. The project is drilling under 3rd St down to the pump station on B St. (Cottonwood Creek), up one block of C St. to the fire station offices, and several blocks down 2nd Street, all mostly to be done underground. It appears that all the dirt being removed is being processed for recycling. Considering the number of gas stations that were along old Hwy. 101, and that every home was on a septic tank up to the 1960s, there may be some other stuff in that dirt.
Did They Find Jimmy Hoffa?
Ken Harrison April 24, 2013 @ 4:44 a.m.
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Last Days For Anderson's Anderson Stationers, the downtown Encinitas icon, is in its last days, expected to close on Tuesday, April 30. Anderson's is one of the last downtown retail establishments - been around over 40 years, long before the invasion of Italian restaurants, wine bars,and Whole Paycheck grocery stores. Owner Mark Anderson passed away last month.
Bayou Bengal May 21, 2013 @ 1:51 p.m.
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Between the subway, starbucks and whole foods, Encinitas is starting to look like every other coastal town in CA, we are losing our funky coastal vibe to corporate interests...whats next, a costco and a home depot on the 101?
Ken Harrison April 17, 2013 @ 5:24 p.m.
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Its Coming Down If you consider $3.96/gallon "coming down." If you're paying more than $4.00/gallon for regular . . . You think money just comes out of ATM's? Encinitas Blvd.'s Valero @ I-5, and USA Gas (formerly ARCO) Birmingham @ I-5 were both $3.96 as of Wednesday 4/17/13 @ 9:00 a.m. And remember, there is no difference between "Billy Bob's" gas and Chevron/Shell/76. All Calif. sold gasoline is formulated and heavily regulated by the state.
Ken Harrison April 17, 2013 @ 9:50 p.m.
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Wednesday night 4/17/13 - Shell Enc. Blvd. @ El Camino Real - $3.95/gallon.
Ken Harrison April 13, 2013 @ 11:56 a.m.
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Take Me Home Pleeeeeease!!!!! This is Silver Lining, a 3 - 4 year old female Maltese Poodle looking to sit next to, and love someone for a lifetime. Available now for adoption at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society, 389 Requeza St. 760-753-6413
Ken Harrison April 13, 2013 @ 9:40 a.m.
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That's One Way To Slow Down The Amtrak Trains Amtrak has announced it will soon begin limited service to Encinitas. As we know, the Amtrak trains fly by the Coaster station up to 24 times a day. Soon, the Amtrak Surfliner will be making up to three scheduled stops a day at the E St. station.
San Clemente has enjoyed this type of limited service for years. Their train station stop is literally on the beach at the pier.
If your younger kids have never been on a train before, take 'em. It would be a big deal. Take them on a short trip to downtown San Diego and back. What fun! Also Amtrak is a great way to catch an Angels game, the station is right in front of the Big "A" stadium. Want to surprise your partner with an impromptu romantic trip? Amtrak stops right at The Old Spaghetti Factory at the Fullerton station. A brief get-a-way and nice dinner!
And when riding Amtrak, sit back and relax knowing that the American taxpayer is funding most of your ride. But its still fun!
Photo by SoCalkids.com Amtrak announces three scheduled stops per day in Encinitas
Ken Harrison April 12, 2013 @ 12:22 p.m.
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Mark Your Calendar Its the long anticipated, huge, Boy Scout Troop 2000's, annual Yard Sale. Saturday, April 27th. 8 a.m., at the Ranch View Baptist Church in Olivenhain (across the street from the old meeting hall on Rancho Santa Fe Rd.
Ken Harrison April 8, 2013 @ 9:30 p.m.
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Classic Car Nights Return Summer must be just around the corner. The third Thursdays - June through September - classic cars return to Coast Hwy 101. Centered around the Smog Test Only lot, cars will be parking between D & J streets. Live music in three Coast Hwy. areas. A free event with no registration required for classic car owners. Several car clubs reserve parking lots along the route. For more info - Downtown Encinitas Merchants Assn. (DEMA) 760-943-1950 or
www.encintias101.com
Each monthly car show has a theme. September's will be Woody's.
Ken Harrison April 6, 2013 @ 11:56 a.m.
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Take Me Home Pleeeeeeease! This is Joey, a one year old whippet/shepard mix. He's super smart and can't wait for a family to go on adventures with. Available now for adoption at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society, 389 Requeza St. 760-753-6413
Joey - One of many great dogs available for adoption at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society.
Ken Harrison April 6, 2013 @ 11:51 a.m.
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Post Office @ Sunshine Gardens? I need to get out more. Who knew? I guess after Rancho Park Pharmacy and their Post Office branch closed next to Sprouts, the USPS must have moved it to Sunshine Gardens - corner of Encinitas Blvd. @ Quail Gardens Dr. Most mailing services including Overnight, Priority, packages, and something called . . . stamps? For the post office to be used less and less for communication, there sure is a long line at the Encinitas main post office all the time.
BTW - don't want to give away town secrets, but the PO in the next town south never has a line . . . the one that end with a 7 in its Zip Code . . . and the Zip reminds you of a secret agent . . . If you don't get it, you probably need to get out more.
Since Rancho Park Pharmacy & P.O. closed, here's one close by recently opened
Ken Harrison April 4, 2013 @ 3:34 p.m.
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Lost Kitty In Leucadia near Hymettus, just north of the roundabout. Can anyone help the owner out. Beautiful cat!
Ken Harrison April 5, 2013 @ 8:53 a.m.
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Not Focusing On This Pretty Kitty - Hopefully Found - But all cat owners must be honest with themselves. There is no such thing as an indoor/outdoor cat. An indoor cat has a healthy life expectancy of 15+ years. With the coyotes, hawks, and possums that still exist in our north coast neighborhoods, and the late night cat fights that can cause infections, a cat that is allowed to hang outdoors, unprotected, has an average life expectancy of only a few years. We usually don't see them but our coastal streets have coyotes walking through them almost every night. I have seen a hawk pick up a small cat sleeping in a driveway. So unless your "cat" specie can also be seen at the San Diego Zoo, be a responsible cat owner and keep kitties indoors.
Ken Harrison March 27, 2013 @ 1:57 p.m.
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Really? Is This What We Really Needed in downtown Encinitas? We've spent millions on improving Coast Hwy. Thousands on the historic Encinitas sign. And we get this large, obnoxious, free-standing ATM on the busiest corner at D St.
Let the city know how you feel about this. council@encinitasca.gov
Ugly "Welcome to Encinitas" monument on Coast Hwy. @ D St.
Ken Harrison March 27, 2013 @ 1:35 p.m.
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Marley Girl is the town host, in her favorite resting place in front of One Day Signs (across from La Paloma.) She welcomes everyone walking up Coast Hwy. @ D St.
Ken Harrison March 25, 2013 @ 1:48 p.m.
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Moonlight Beach Renovations Almost Done The city is in the process of receiving applications to run the concession stand and beach rental facilities. The city wants more than a greasy hamburger place. Read all about it:
Encinitas seeks concessionaires for Moonlight Beach
Ken Harrison March 24, 2013 @ 11:48 a.m.
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Former Teachers Return to San Dieguito High School Last Friday San Dieguito Academy's Foundation hosted a teacher and staff alumni reunion. Alumni students were invited as well. I got to finally thank Ms. Palmer for supporting me in my failed bid to become ASB President, even though neither one of us could remember which subject she was teaching at the time.
Ken Harrison March 24, 2013 @ 11:52 a.m.
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My favorite teacher - Mr. Hermes. Why do we look close to the same age?
Ken Harrison March 24, 2013 @ 11:22 a.m.
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Mark Anderson Passes Away Longtime downtown business owner of Anderson Stationers (on 2nd St.) has passed away. A 1961 graduate of San Dieguito High, he open Anderson's Stationers in '69 and has been one of the oldest continually operated businesses in downtown Encinitas.
As of this posting, I have not talked to any of his family or staff, but it would appear that he died of cancer, as the family suggest donations to the American Cancer Society. Let's hope that Mark made plans for Jim and his great staff to continue this one-of-a-kind business.
Services are Thursday, March 28th, - 5:00 PM at Eternal Hills in Oceanside.
Photo from U-T San Diego
Ken Harrison March 26, 2013 @ 2:53 p.m.
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Talked with Jim today @ the store. Unfortunately the store will be closing soon. It is the end of an era, now taken over by big box retailers and on-line consumerism. Jim said Mark would have kept it open just to be able to continue to support his great employees, but it hasn't made a profit in years.
Mercy Baron March 23, 2013 @ 10:32 a.m.
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One of the neighbors in Encinitas Ranch wrote me after my story was posted. He talked to the HOA and they said there is no sober living house in the Ranch. Not true. I was there the day this guy jumped out of the second story window of the house on Cypress Hills Drive. He would love to find some more neighbors that will back him up in trying to get this house out of their neighborhood. i don't have his info anymore though. But anyone living there might want to contact their HOA to find out what's going on. Neighbors are complaining that crime has increased exponentially since the home was put there. My son's house was robbed of $50k, worth of stuff 4 days before Xmas and lives in the Ranch.
Man jumps from halfway-house window in Encinitas Ranch
Ken Harrison March 24, 2013 @ 11:53 a.m.
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Help me out. Where specifically is "Encinitas Ranch"?
Mercy Baron April 23, 2013 @ 1:47 p.m.
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Sorry Ken, hadn't made it back to this page until now. It's up Quail something road...sorry, right off of Encinitas Blvd.
Ken Harrison March 21, 2013 @ 1:06 p.m.
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Japan Invades Encinitas Students that is. 19 students attended San Dieguito Academy for a week. Read all about it: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/mar/21/stringers-japanese-students-end-week-/
(It's been 72 years for crying-out-loud, so I can use the "Invade" headline as humor, hopefully without someone being offended.
Ken Harrison March 20, 2013 @ 4:06 p.m.
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Hey - New Bird of Paradise Plants Mature Bird of Paradise plants being planted today along Leucaida Blvd near the top of the hill next to the golf course. Thanks CIty of Encinitas!
Ken Harrison March 20, 2013 @ 4:02 p.m.
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I see these young moms out almost every morning on Via Cantebria behind Target. Sometimes there are 15 or more jogging with their little ones. Today I was waiting for a UPS truck to turn in front of me. When he didn't move and he clearly had the right-of-way, I saw he was staring at the moms. Being a cautious driver, I simply had to follow his line of sight and realize I still had to wait for him to make his move first. So I waited . . . and waited . . . .but I wasn't staring . . . really. But most of us have to admit, these moms are beautiful in a healthy way. Keep it up ladies!
Ken Harrison March 20, 2013 @ 4:03 p.m.
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Ken Harrison March 19, 2013 @ 10:34 p.m.
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They really use Liquid Nitrogen? Sub Zero is a newly opened ice cream shop in the Ralph's/CVS/Trader Joe's shopping center. Its the new buzz for dessert lovers. They mix up the cream - still in a liquid form - which your chosen flavor and any toppings, and then freeze it right before your eyes with liquid nitrogen at -321 degrees. One can also order a non-fat, custard, or soy version. A little too sweet for me, and not cheap. $5.00+ for a small. But worth it once or for special occasions. We'll still hit Swirls Yogurt across the street for the regular sweet tooth.
xixi743 March 20, 2013 @ 8:37 p.m.
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We really like Sub Zero in my family, although I agree that it's not cheap.
Malia March 23, 2013 @ 10:37 a.m.
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Thank you SUBZERO for donating many coupons for free ice cream and yogurt as rewards for Pi Day winners at SDA.
Ken Harrison March 18, 2013 @ 11:36 a.m.
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In N Out Coming? Yes, its official. In N Out is coming to Encinitas! Read all about it.
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/mar/18/stringers-del-taco-out-n-out-encintas/
Ken Harrison March 23, 2013 @ 8:06 a.m.
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Clearing up some misinformation - the Valero Gas and Oggi's Pizza will be staying. However In N Out's design and construction will create a site plan for all three businesses, creating better parking, landscaping, and egresses that work for all three businesses.
The Enc. Planning Commission approved the plans last Wednesday night. The only negatives comments from citizens were concerns about traffic. Really? They're probably vegetarians. Really? We have the town's largest road which accommodates thousands of cars heading towards SoCal's largest freeway, and one is concerned about traffic created by a Double Double?
Ken Harrison March 15, 2013 @ 9:01 a.m.
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No More Drugs At 3:00 a.m. For those of us that tend to shop in "off peak" hours, like rushing into VONS at 6:00 a.m. to get milk, eggs, and bread before the kids wake up, be advised, the Rite Aid pharmacy on Santa Fe Dr. is no longer open 24 hours. You can't refill your vicodin prescription at midnight anymore. But one can still buy ice cream, make up, and motor oil - all the necessities to start your day - 24 hours a day.
Ken Harrison March 14, 2013 @ 6:17 a.m.
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What's the coolest store along Coast Hwy.? It has to be Seaweed and Gravel next to the Leucadia Post Office. They sell old motorcycles, riding gear, bikes, surf and skate boards, and clothing. Very hip . . . if hip is even hip nowadays.
http://seaweedandgravel.com/
Ken Harrison March 13, 2013 @ 2:29 p.m.
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What The . . .
Coast Hwy @ Phoebe
ceceliajoy March 13, 2013 @ 8:17 p.m.
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Chic Fil A has had it for two or three years. Great idea! The other restaurants need to catch up.
Johnny91191 March 14, 2013 @ 5:26 a.m.
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I get it. "Catch up" Hardy har har
Ken Harrison March 12, 2013 @ 8:34 a.m.
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Finally . . . Common Sense in Encinitas Fast Food Went through Wendy's on Encinitas Blvd. yesterday. They appear to be the first chain to start using what we drive-thru'ers have needed for years. The Heinz ketchup now comes in peel back containers for dipping fries!!!!!! Like the sauces at other fast food joints. How come the fast food geniuses couldn't see that ketchup packets just wouldn't work while driving. You gave me BBQ sauce and ranch dressing in a dipping container but not ketchup? Wendy's appears to be the first one to use the ketchup containers that Heinz has had on the market for over a year. (Available at Smart & Final across the fwy, next to CVS.)
Ken Harrison March 11, 2013 @ 7:16 p.m.
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What do you think about the new bike lanes in Leucadia? I was up and down Coast Hwy. several times last weekend and never saw a bike rider using the full lane. They all stayed to the far right. I think the only ones that will use them are the group riders that fly through town, because they are the only ones going fast enough not to be rear-ended by motorists that don't understand the new lane markings or signage.
Read my Reader story on the issue.
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Davis March 18, 2013 @ 10:32 p.m.
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Where are the child stroller lanes, or the dog walker's lanes? Why do cyclists get so much special treatment?
Ken Harrison March 19, 2013 @ 10:25 p.m.
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Because 1/2 the $ we pay in gas taxes goes to public transit and bike lanes, not widening our freeways.
Ken Harrison March 10, 2013 @ 6:49 p.m.
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Have you noticed how many bicycle shops are on Coast Hwy. now? There used to be only the one in downtown. I think I counted six from Leucadia to Solana Beach. I saw one by La Paloma that I think caters just to women bikers? And include off Coast Hwy., there's one on Vulcan near the 7-11, and CBS - Cardiff Bike Shop - on Newcastle. More bike shops than surf shops? Can anyone list all of them?
Ken Harrison March 10, 2013 @ 6:28 p.m.
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To Swami's regulars: Can anyone confirm the story about the big gray cat I saw today in the stairwell bushes? It had a collar with the name "Samson" on it. I assumed it was someone's lost cat. Just as I was calling animal control, someone said that was the "Swami's Cat" and it lived there and was taken care of by everyone. True?
Ken Harrison March 12, 2013 @ 10:58 a.m.
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I went by Swami's today and again saw the cat. A lot more friendly this time. I saw the back of his "Samson" name tag on his collar. It read "Swami's Cat." So I guess the story is true. But its too tame to be a feral cat, so belonged to someone at one time. Nice Kitty!
Johnny91191 March 14, 2013 @ 5:28 a.m.
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My brother saw the same cat. Don't know the story if it lives there or not.