From Headlines to Hashtags

Local news used to be that thing your parents flipped through at breakfast, with black ink smudging their fingers and a crossword puzzle half-finished on the counter. Now? Most of

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Editorial: We’re Local and Here to Stay

In the past twelve months 127 local newspapers in the U.S. have shuttered, averaging about 2.5 closures per week. The consequences are profound, particularly in terms of civic engagement and

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Gay Hugo-Martinez

The Sandpiper notes the recent passing of Gay Hugo-Martinez, who was the first Editor of the Sandpiper, serving in that role for all of the Sandpiper’s inaugural year (1997) and

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Shifting Sand

Del Mar’s Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan relies on sand replenishment as a strategy to keep the ocean from flooding our homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure and to keep our

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Upcoming Event: Del Mar Climate

Del Mar Climate presents “As Our Climate Changes, So Do Heath Effects. How Do We Mobilize To Save Our Health and Our Planet?”  Guest Speakers: Kristin Hampshire, MD – Kristin

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Quotable Del Mar: JD Castile

“Since I was a child, when I was first learning about sailing and astronomy, [the Polynesian] people and voyages seemed larger than life and inspired me to find my career

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Save More, Pay More

SDG&E will be adding a Base Services Charge of about $24/month to your electricity bill beginning in October of this year. This change in billing was authorized by Assembly Bill

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EV Tax Credit Deadline 9-30

If you’re thinking about buying an electric car or plug-in hybrid, now may be a good time to buy as the federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for qualifying

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Covid Rising, CDC Sinking

The diminished CDC (many experts have been fired or left) still reports weekly data on COVID incidence. The most reliable data for risk of infection is now wastewater monitoring for

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Avian Activity

Birds of exotic feathers do indeed flock together at Free Flight, a comfortable sanctuary spa just for them right up the road off Jimmy Durante Blvd.   The feathered residents

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Good Morning La Viet

The newly opened La Viet Coffee Cart, set up on the front patio of Jimmy O’s restaurant, offers coffee flavors from Vietnam, the original home of La Viet. The “VMC”

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Good Afternoon Happy Hour

Summer is fast becoming a memory and now it’s time to think about everything pumpkin and happy hour in Del Mar!   Have you been to Coral yet? Coral, on

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DMF: Community Events

Well, Summer is wrapping up and a beautiful Fall season will soon be upon us.  One of the core missions of the Foundation is to provide programming and events that

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Del Mar Community Connections

2025 Fall Benefit: DMCC’s Silver Anniversary On October 4, DMCC will celebrate 25 years of supporting and serving seniors as they age independently at home with a Silver Anniversary Benefit!

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In Brief

Bluff Housing Redux The Seaside Ridge development application proposing 259 housing units on Carol Lazier’s North Bluff property is slated for an appeal to be considered the City Council on

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