Moonlight Beach, Encinitas CA
Two Videos: 1) OB Pier Closed During High Tide And, 2) Dolphins And Whales Spotted Off San Diego Coast
OB Pier Closed During High Tide – Lifeguards ordered people off the pier Tuesday in Ocean Beach. San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com Dolphins And Whales Spotted Off San Diego Coast – Big pods of dolphins and whales have been spotted off the coast of San Diego. San Diego, California […]
Gray Whale Migration – Aerial View
KFMB shares this seagull’s view of the gray whale migration. Here is the story: “Sheri Knox, senior analyst with the Birch Aquarium, says the grey whales spend half their lives up in the Arctic where they feed and when it freezes over, they head 5000 miles south – all the way down to the warm […]
40+ Gratitude Quotes For Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is time to give, and receive, gratitude. Here are over 40 gratitude quotes to think about and share with those who care. A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others. – Buddha Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words […]
Encinitas Street Fair
Local Peter Sprague performs at the Encinitas Street Fair The 23rd Annual Fall Festival (aka Street Fair) will be held Sunday, November 24, 2013 from 9:00am – 4:00pm There will be over 450 booths plus music and dance performances at two stages. In case that isn’t enough there are three new additions: the Kids Zone, […]
Retail: Paper Or Would You Just Like To Clutch Your Purchase To Your Chest?
“Just one word… plastics” The Encinitas City Council will create its own local ban on single-use, plastic bags. The vote to pursue the bag ban was 3-2, with Councilwoman Kristin Gaspar and Councilman Mark Muir opposed. Muir and Gaspar said they wanted to wait to see what happens to a bag ban bill that the […]
Should The Leucadia Post Office Be Closed?
Bob Aronin shares this news with us. The following email was sent to the Encinitas City Council: Mayor Barth, Deputy Mayor Shaffer and Council Members Gaspar, Muir and Kranz: The U.S. Postal Service is reviewing the Leucadia Post Office Station for possible closure as part of its national cost-cutting program. We urge the City Council […]
These Flip-Flops Are Made For Walking… In Encinitas / Del Mar.
Umm, Walk San Diego has ranked La Mesa, National City and Imperial Beach higher than Encinitas and Del Mar. The Regional Walk Scorecard measures how San Diego’s regional cities are doing to respond to the call for more walkable neighborhoods. There are many ways to measure walkability, and the Scorecard emphasizes two of these: current […]
That’s Wild… Bobcat In Leucadia
The Union Tribune reports that a small bobcat killed two chickens in Leucadia. The local woman found the cat trapped inside the large chicken coop alongside her home, which abuts a ravine. She said the bobcat probably weighed 25 pounds. “It wasn’t aggressive, it was as scared as we were. That was one scared cat.” The […]
Great White Shark Expert – “If you’re a surfer early morning surfs and late afternoon surfs — I’d put that aside for the next two months”
10News reports that a teen encountered a great white shark while fishing about two miles off of Windansea Beach in La Jolla. Great white shark expert Patrick Douglas told 10News there are a good number of great whites currently feeding in the waters off the San Diego coast. For that reason, he said, surfers need to […]