Prompted by a recent increase in graffiti, City Council is re-evaluating its ordinance to better address the problem. In response, officers from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department gave a presentation titled Graffiti 101 during the April 23 meeting.

Two tragic events, 68 years apart, brought national attention to this peaceful city and Del Mar.

City Council sent the developer of Cedros Crossing back to the drawing board for the fifth time.

A mixed-use development that would straddle the Solana Beach Amtrak and Coaster station is fast becoming a train wreck for the city.

Recent yarn about dumps in Del Mar and Solana Beach brought back some colorful memories for Mary Obloy Forte, whose family were longtime residents of Solbeach.

In 1970, a Hispanic track star that was ready to graduate from San Dieguito High School walked into the San Dieguito Citizen office on Cedros Avenue and asked publisher Don Lapham if there was a janitorial job available at the newspaper office.

On March 5, 1923, Col. Ed Fletcher, who was clearly a man of vision albeit an aggressive land developer, filed the original Solana Beach subdivision map with the county of San Diego.

Cedros Crossing, the proposed mixed-use development adjacent to the Solana Beach Train Station, has now officially entered the project review phase. The City Council held a public meeting Feb. 11 to review potential alternatives for the project.

Although incidents of graffiti in Solana Beach can be traced back many years, city officials are making a renewed effort to reduce the amount of the troublesome tagging that blemishes signs, walls and buildings.

Cedros Crossing, the proposed mixed-use development adjacent to the Solana Beach Train Station is one step closer to becoming a reality after the City Council voted unanimously to certify the project’s Environmental Impact Report, or EIR, Jan. 17.

From behind the camera lens, David Marchesani is bringing his creative visions to life as an independent filmmaker. Last month, Marchesani’s first feature film, a coming-of-age story entitled “The Road Ahead,” was released nationwide on DVD. But it took several years — and a change in career paths — before Marchesani’s dream became reality.

For many coastal residents who live alongside Interstate 5, the sound of tires hitting slabs of pavement and noisy air brakes on trucks is a daily annoyance. Which is why more than 100 people packed into the Solana Beach Community Center on Jan. 11 for a presentation on the latest efforts in freeway noise reduction.

City Council officially adopted its ban on “condo-hotels” Jan. 9, making Solana Beach the first city in California to altogether prohibit these types of properties.

The city of Solana Beach is currently gathering input from local residents for the design of a new city of Solana Beach sign, which would be located at the northern entrance to the city on Coast Highway 101.

The Dec. 12 meeting of the Solana Beach City Council marked the end of Lesa Heebner’s one-year term as mayor. Heebner’s term was a busy one in which she was involved in several major projects, including Cedros Crossing, the renovation of Fletcher Cove, the widening of Interstate 5 and the special election regarding “mansionization.”