Oceanside residents are tired of their crappy downtown sidewalks — and not just the broken pavement. In a posting on Nextdoor's "Seaside District" page for Oceanside (you have to live there to log in), residents …
May 22, 2015
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Stories by Ruarri Serpa
Oceanside's dirty sidewalks can wait
Putting the detector before the data
On April 21, just one day before the Oceanside City Council was scheduled to vote on a purchase order for four license-plate readers, the city's police department was unable to answer questions about the secure …
May 7, 2015
Oceanside advances on affordable housing project
As ground is broken on the largest affordable-housing project in San Diego County, all that remains for the complex is to finalize the patchwork of funding. At a cost of $92 million, the Mission Cove …
August 20, 2014
Developer-friendly, homeowner not so
Elias Cardenas says he had big plans for the small plot of land that he inherited from his father. In one corner he sells birds. On the other side of the house he's constructing a …
July 31, 2014
Oceanside won’t go to pot
With all due respect, your medicine is not right for this city, Oceanside leaders told medical marijuana supporters at a meeting on June 25. In a 5-0 vote, the city council rejected a proposal to …
June 28, 2014
Boots in the kitchen
On May 28, the Oceanside City Council unanimously approved a $600,000 matching grant to the Veterans Association of North County for the completion of a culinary arts training space at the former police headquarters on …
May 31, 2014