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The Morning After Mess

Carlsbad | Del Mar | Mission Beach | Neighborhood News | Ocean Beach | Oceanside | Pacific Beach
Published July 3, 2008

The Fourth of July is about celebration. It's about honoring our country, our freedoms, while tossing a few back with family and friends — not on the beach of course — and watching the spectacular displays ...

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The Creek Reeks

City Lights | Oceanside
Published June 25, 2008

On June 11, the local division of the state water board ordered the North County Transit District, which recently completed the Sprinter rail project, to pay a $685,000 fine for discharges of construction sediment into waterways, ...

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Dying Ocean, Dying Bay

Event Hilite | Oceanside
Published June 11, 2008

“In the mid to late 1990s, we saw a lot of contamination — from places like the shipyards in particular — flowing freely off those sites, like Southwest Marine and NASSCO [National Steel and Shipyard Company],” ...

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Less Dense, Fewer Homeless, More Sky

Carlsbad | Escondido | Feature Stories | Oceanside | San Marcos | Vista
Published May 7, 2008

Having lived in San Diego since 1980, one would think that I would have long ago gravitated to residence in the northern portion of the county. It seems, by consensus, to be more generally livable an ...

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Letters

Letters | Oceanside
Published March 12, 2008

Bad Government, Bad Press Re “The Rise and Fall of the Copley Press” (Cover Story, February 28), I would have liked more of a discussion of the Copley Press’s support of city hall that was under ...

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Letters

Letters | Oceanside
Published March 5, 2008

LETTERS Just Ten Off Really enjoyed this article (“The Rise and Fall of the Copley Press,” Cover Story, February 28). It was well-researched. One minor edit. In the reference to the 1978 PSA air crash, which ...

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To Live and Die in Oceanside

Cover Story | Oceanside
Published Feb. 20, 2008

The Back Gate The area around the Oceanside pier and boardwalk glistens, picture perfect: palm trees, silver sand, blue water, and crowds of people. It’s easy to see how this town got its name. But there’s ...

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Train Water

City Lights | Escondido | Oceanside | San Marcos | Vista
Published Feb. 13, 2008

In August 2003, the North County Transit District, preparing to build a train line linking Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, and Escondido, applied to state authorities for a storm water discharge permit. The train, called the Sprinter, ...

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Tacos Are a Tiny Taste of Temptation

Baja | Chula Vista | City Heights | College Area | Coronado | Cover Story | Downtown | Fallbrook | Gaslamp | Hillcrest | Imperial Beach | La Jolla | Lemon Grove | Logan Heights | Midway | Mira Mesa | Normal Heights | North Park | Oceanside | Otay Mesa | Pacific Beach | Solana Beach
Published Jan. 23, 2008

Fancy wimmen are okay, but there's nuttin' like the real thing: a nice warm adobada taco on a nice cold night beside a nice hot grill outside a friendly taco catering truck, with that marinated pork ...

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Catch the Swells

Calendar Highlight | Oceanside
Published Aug. 16, 2007

What's nice about outrigger canoeing is that you're facing forward, so you get to see where you're going," says John Wascher, vice president of the Oceanside Outrigger Canoe Club. "And [the canoes] are built to go ...

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Creative Chaos at MiraCosta

City Lights | Oceanside
Published Feb. 22, 2007

MiraCosta College dean Eileen Kraskouskas was in San Francisco for a three-day conference last March when she got e-mails and calls from the office of the MiraCosta president telling her that 2006 would be her last ...

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Mr. and Mrs. Downer

Carlsbad | Crasher | Oceanside | Pacific Beach
Published Sept. 1, 2005

I found out about a retirement home having a party on the beach in Oceanside. The idea of old guys on the beach didn't sound appealing, but the party was for the employees, not the residents. ...

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The Receptionist

Crasher | Oceanside | Scripps Ranch
Published Aug. 11, 2005

The movie Wedding Crashers became number one at the box office after playing in theaters for several weeks. The word-of-mouth on this movie has made it a hit. Vince Vaughn is hysterical. (Swingers, a 1996 movie ...

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Perfect for a lazy Spring or Summer afternoon, Oceanside's Guajome Regional Park offers hiking, jogging, fishing, picnicking, and camping.

Oceanside | Roam-O-Rama
Published May 26, 2005

Aside from North County's beaches, not many public spaces for anything resembling true "hiking" can be found in Oceanside or in neighboring Vista and Carlsbad. One significant exception is Gaujome Regional Park, an oasis of open ...

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Anchor Point Church, Oceanside

Oceanside | Sheep and Goats
Published Feb. 17, 2005

Denomination: nondenominational Address: 825 College Boulevard #102 PMB 414, Oceanside, 714-293-6780 Founded locally: September 14, 2003 Senior pastor: Pastor Ryan Sharp Congregation size: 12 Staff size: 0 Sunday school enrollment: 0 Annual budget: 0 Weekly giving: ...

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