Solana Beach News

The grunion season is getting underway with a new moon.

Driving south along the sand near Moonlight Beach in Encinitaslast week, Capt. Larry Giles saw something surprising at the baseof a thick pile of boulders, recently stripped of sand by arelentless string of winter storms and high surf.

Kamal Muilenberg, left, and Tom McGreal hold up a banner in favor of healthcare reform at the 50th congressional district's OFA meeting, Thursday. Photo: Jonathan Horn Culminating in rally in downtown SD The first of several local events leading up to the March 18 healthcare reform vote in Congress began last night in Solana Beach. Members of this city's district of Organizing for America, a ...

For one local mother, help arrived just in time.

Thursday, March 11, 2010 An area of Solana Beach is experiencing a mini crime wave, prompting the sheriff’s department to go door-to-door, post flyers, ...

An area of Solana Beach is experiencing a mini crime wave, prompting the sheriff’s department to go door-to-door, post flyers, and ask residents to be on the lookout for car burglars.

On the evening of March 8, a fire broke out in an older home in the 1000 block of Regal Road, behind the Carl’s Jr. off of I-5 at Santa Fe Drive. It quickly became deadly.

Tina Barnes of Crows Pass Farm in Temecula with samples of fresh citrus at the Tasting Reception. Photo: Maurice Hewitt Where do you buy your food? Does most of what you eat come from California or from China? Do you actually know any of the growers and purveyors of the food on your plate? For more than 20 years, the California Small Farm Conference has been a source of support to the state's ...

Key to the plan is to ask voters to allow a simple majority to pass a state budget. But a two-thirds vote in Sacramento is needed just to put the proposal on the ballot. Legislative leaders Thursday unveiled a long-promised plan to overhaul state government, the linchpin of which is asking voters to allow a simple majority of lawmakers to pass a budget.

John Waugh Photos: Will Parson Teams from Del Mar and Solana Beach competed against each other Sunday in the 14th Annual Turf Bocce Tournament at the Del Mar Horsepark. The event is hosted every year by the Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club and is a fundraiser for the club's many youth programs and humanitarian projects. Proceeds from this year's tournament benefited the Community Resource Center ...