What’s all that noise coming from Camp Pendleton!?! If you didn’t get a lot of sleep last night as a result of the incessant booms, ka-booms, and bada bang bada booms, you may be a little crotchety today. Smart remarks easily roll off your tongue like…
‘America’s Finest City’ donned her best storm weather gear this past week and braved tornadoes, hail, flash flooding, mudslides, thunder, and gale force winds. “Some of the worst weather since the mid nineties,” some said.
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I love my dusty beach casa by the tracks in Leucadia, smack in the middle of Leucadia Boulevard and La Costa Avenue. When I can skip on over the tracks to the beach, or to grab provisions from the charming Just Peachy Produce Stand, I count myself lucky to live with conveniences close at hand.
After weeks of rumor and speculation around the whale tank water cooler – the change of ownership is now official. SeaWorld San Diego, and other parks formerly held by Anheuser-Busch InBev under the leadership of Busch Entertainment Corporation (10 in all), have been acquired by Blackstone Group.
Got water? We do. It’s everywhere we look! Just gaze out over our endless Pacific Ocean, our numerous wetlands, lagoons, bays & estuaries. We’re flush with water!
And it’s not just on the house, it’s all over the patio. It’s running down the driveway and making splatters on the back of our legs as we slog through it. It’s mushing up the flower beds and getting water stains all over our artsy wooden fences. It’s being forced upon us at restaurants and creating more work at hotels… We have too much water, right?
On June 1, 2009, San Diego County effectively moved up to Alert Level 2: Drought Condition – Mandatory Restrictions
What in the Fiji water happened!?! It’s not like we’re all of a sudden drinking our recommended 8 glasses of water a day. On a grand scale of Level 1 -through 4 (4 being really really bad), we’re now at Level 2. So who is pilfering our water!?!
The San Dieguito River Park would unite the Coast to Crest trail system, providing 55 miles of trails & the rare opportunity to explore the entire length of our local water supply.
From the Volcan Mountain (by Julian), the SDRP winds its way through the hill & valley, eventually making its way to the Pacific Ocean via a quiet wetland behind the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The SDRP’s mission is to create a network of trails, allowing the public to enjoy the diverse beauty ranging from the high desert of Anza-Borrego to the wetlands of the San Dieguito Lagoon.
The San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority [SDRP] is a collective agency empowered by the County of San Diego & the Cities of San Diego, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Poway & Escondido. Working with local agencies & individual land owners, land use is negotiated & more property is acquired each year. United in purpose, the SDRP wants to make the land available to the public & ensure the health of our natural resources…
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In a few weeks Encinitas residents will have another opportunity, or duty, to vote on an additional tourist tax. In the name of preserving our beaches, Proposition K will demand a 2% tax on short term rentals that were previously excluded from a similar tax on visitor’s hotel and bed & breakfast rooms. Will this help in funding a solution to this vexing problem of replenishing sand loss?
“So many beaches…
so little time…”
The San Diego County coastline. A 77 mile stretch of geographical & lifestyle diversity. Where to live, play & roam? Where are the best places to go, do, and see all that each sunny mecca has to offer? At SDSC, our mission is to provide insight & provoke discussion, while showcasing “Americas Finest City Coastline”
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Traveling from one coastal community to the next, we seek out the BEST each has to offer. We report the news and more. If it relates to the coast, you’ll find it here. So kick off your sandals and pitch your umbrella…
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