November 2024

Classless Quirk

When Mayor Dave Druker read aloud the City Council’s proclamation to Dwight Worden upon his retirement for health reasons, he interspersed the long list with contemporaneous remarks about times that

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The Sandpiper Recommends

THE SANDPIPER RECOMMENDS Mike Levin, Terra Lawson-Remer, Tasha Boerner, have earned your vote. Click to read more.   The Sandpiper recommends a vote for Martinez and Spelich, but not Quirk.

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Editorial: Timely Tax

We can all love the tax on the ballot, called Measure M. It will help us pay for beaches, lifeguards, parks, streets, and other community services we provide. The best

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Larger Lagoon Celebrated

On Monday morning, September 30, a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the completion of Phase II of the Wetland Restoration of the San Dieguito Lagoon. Led off by SANDAG Second Vice Chair

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Energy Incentives

The Fall 2024 Climate Change Symposium, “Clean Energy: Our Way Forward” presented by the Coalition for Adapting to Climate Change in Del Mar on October 9th, outlined an exciting array

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Roving Teen Reporter: Phone Freedom

Governor Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act, which requires all California school districts, county offices of education and charter schools to create and implement a policy that limits or prohibits

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Young Environmental Heroes

On Saturday morning, October 5, Town Hall hosted Environmental Hero Awards, presented by Tasha Boerner, whose State Assembly District 77 runs from Carlsbad to Coronado. Del Mar is right in

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Rusty Boards and More

In the 1980s Rusty Preisendorfer worked on projects as a builder. The projects became surfboards and the art of surfboard shaping. By 1985 Rusty started his own company. On his

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Animal Astronauts

Today human astronauts come and go, rocketing into space via a variety of public and private transports following the Soviet’s Yuri Gagarin initial assent April, 1961. But animals were first.

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Quotable Del Mar: Dwight Worden

“I’m going to be right here. I’m going to go to council meetings in shorts and T-shirts and sit in the back row and have a say like any other

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Del Mar Foundation: DMF Talks

Surfing History On October 10th, DMF hosted a DMF Talk featuring Jim Kempton (Executive Director) and Jane Schmauss (Co-Founder and Historian) of the California Surf Museum. Kempton and Schmauss spoke

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Del Mar Community Connections

Thank you DMCC Fall Benefit Sponsors and Sustaining Members! DMCC would like to express our deepest gratitude to our Sustaining Members and Fall Benefit Sponsor households who made generous contributions

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In Brief

Unethical in Del Mar? Recent cases at California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) involving Del Mar elected officials or candidates:   Stephen Quirk and Stephen Quirk for Del Mar City

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Monday’s Council Meeting

MONDAY’S COUNCIL MEETING: The City Council tackles some thorny issues at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 18, including whether to proceed with evaluating borrowing options to fund undergrounding, and whether

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King Tides

KING TIDES: From November 15-17, king tides will be occurring across our coastline. The California King Tides Project asks interested parties to take and share photos of the shoreline during

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November Updates (online only)

King Tides

KING TIDES: From November 15-17, king tides will be occurring across our coastline. The California King Tides Project asks interested

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Monday’s Council Meeting

MONDAY’S COUNCIL MEETING: The City Council tackles some thorny issues at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 18, including whether to

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