Letters: Encinitas leadership requires, shockingly, being a leader
I sat at home Wednesday and watched the City Council meeting while dozens of my friends, my neighbors and my mom attended in person. Without...
Opinion
Opinion: Encinitas leadership is showing up when it counts
In municipal government, real leadership isn’t measured by bullet points on a campaign website or scripted sound bites at a rally. It is defined by...
Opinion: Yes on Prop 45 to own your piece of the California dream
In California, we talk a lot about affordable housing. I’d much prefer we build affordable housing rather than talk about it. Proposition 45, the Building...
Commentary: Before you vote, check Sacramento’s housing claims
Some call me myopic about housing. I call it focused. That focus keeps me out of state and national party politics and on what city...
Opinion: Protect our health and environment — vote no on Prop. 45
It’s no secret that pollution in our air, water and soil leads to a long list of unwanted health outcomes, from increased risk of cancer...
Cartoon: Scott Chambers
This week's Coast News cartoon....
Letters: Gretchen Vurbeff is fighting for our kids
Let’s start with a famous quote attributed to a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: “When schoolchildren start paying union dues, that’s when...
Letters: Stay the course, Encinitas
To our quiet majority voters: The loudmouth bullies who bombard us with half-truths and outright lies, and shame us for not giving them our future...
Letters: O’Hara should check his record
This week, Encinitas Deputy Mayor Jim O’Hara wrote an opinion piece in The Coast News (“Encinitas challengers campaign on contradictions,” Oct. 20) attacking local candidates...
Commentary: The sexism behind Miyashiro’s AI campaign mailer
As a former SDUHSD Trustee and PTA President, I want to weigh in on David Miyashiro’s campaign mailer. While media outlets like NBC San Diego...
Commentary: Newsom trashed California. Now he’s looking to America
Gov. Gavin Newsom and other democrat party progressives/liberals are salivating at the chance to “own” Donald Trump next month. But in their eagerness to score...
Commentary: Two districts, one superintendent, and a lot of questions
My name is Marlon Taylor. I am a current Encinitas Union School District trustee and the parent of a student in SDUHSD. I understand how...
A cheap fake
We’re coming down to the wire in the 2026 elections. For residents of Encinitas District 4, the City Council race deserves particular attention. The contest...
Cartoon: Scott Chambers
This week's Coast News cartoon....
Op-ed: Why did outsiders spend $123K to buy the Carlsbad school board?
Everyone detests special interest groups trying to influence elections. Whether it’s oil companies, real estate developers or data centers, no one wants to elect someone...