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JUNE 24
GIANT RUMMAGE SALE
St. Mary Star of the Sea Altar Society is having its annual Giant Rummage Sale, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 25 and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 26 at the Star of the Sea Center, corner of Pier View Way and Freeman Street, Oceanside. Society members are also taking donations of clean, gently used, not heavy items from 4 to 8 p.m. June 24 at the Star of the Sea Center. VISTA VEGAN POP UP
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JUNE 24, 2022 the city of Encinitas, will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 25 at the EUSD Farm Lab, 441 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas to help gain a low-waste lifestyle. Free online registration is open now at zerowastefair. org for the in-person event. Booths, speakers, hands-on low waste DIYs, activities for all ages and a Swap & Shop booth.
JUNE 26
SKILLS FOR GIRLS
Athena Racing hosts three STEM Summer Camps to Teach Essential Skills to #GirlsinSTEM. Register at https://athenaracing.org. FABcamp, Wednesdays starting July 6, is an online STEM-education maker camp for middle school and high school girls. Career Development Camp, July 25 to July 29 is for high school girls who want to excel in their careers. Land+Sea+Air Transportation Camp, Aug. 1 to Aug. 5, takes a look into all of the sectors of the transportation industry. Register at athenaracing.org.
The inaugural Vista Vegan Food Popup will from 5 to 9 p.m. June 24 and return every other Friday at Local Roots Kombucha, 1430 Vantage Court, Vista. The event includes vegan-friendly products including apparel, jewelry, beauty, wellness and home goods as well as services such as body work, reiki and henna. More information available at http://veg- LOW FEES AT GARDEN anfoodpopup.com. San Diego Botanic Garden announce it has joined BE A HOST FAMILY Museums for All, that will Offer your home and allow those receiving food heart with Hands of Peace assistance benefits admisSummer Program through sion to SDBG for only $1 Pacific Ridge School, per person, for group’s up Carlsbad July 6 to July 25. to four people, with the Visit handsofpeace.org/ presentation of either a summer-program or email state-issued SNAP ElecMelanie Stanek at ms- tronic Benefits Transfer card or a Women, Infants, tanek@handsofpeace.org. & Children card and a valid photo ID. The Garden does not process cash transactions. For more information MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE The San Dieguito Her- about Museums for All, itage Museum invites the visit https://sdbgarden.org/ community to an Open specials.htm. House noon to 4 p.m. June 25 at Heritage Ranch, 450 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. Lots of volunteer op- FREE LUNCH FOR KIDS Throughout the sumportunities are available. Visit https://sdheritage. mer, the Oceanside Civic Center Library offers stoorg/. ry times and book clubs, and free lunch meals to all HEROES PARADE The Oceanside Inde- children from 11 a.m. to pendence Parade will re- 11:45 a.m. Monday through turn June 25 marching Friday at the Civic Center along North Coast Highway Library, 330 N. Coast Highwith a new theme: “Oceans- way, Oceanside. ide Strong, Honoring Our Hometown Heroes.” The parade will start at 10 a.m. at the intersection of North OCEAN VOICES The Civic Center LiCoast Highway and Wisconsin Avenue and travel north brary will host “Voices in on Coast Highway to Civic the Sea” at 3:30 p.m. June Center Drive. If you want to 28 at 330 N. Coast Highway, be part of the parade, visit Oceanside. Explore the mainstreetoceanside.com/ sounds marine mammals volunteer-for-the-parade or make with a variety of acmainstreetoceanside.com/ tivities to demonstrate the science of sound. This proindependence-parade. gram is free and registration is not required. Tween EXPLORE BY BIKE North County Cycle and teen events are for ages Club rides every Saturday 8 to 18. morning starting at 8 a.m. and also 8:30 a.m., usually KRVARIC TO SPEAK The Carlsbad Republifrom the car park of Old California Restaurant Row, can Women welcome Tony 1020-1080 W. San Marcos Krvaric, past chairman, Blvd., San Marcos. Several Republican Party of San rides of varying distance Diego County, at 5:30 p.m. and pace explore different June 28 at the Holiday parts of San Diego North Inn, 2725 Palomar Airport County each week. See Road, Carlsbad. Cost is $40. northcountycycleclub.com RSVP and pay online at CarlsbadRepublicans.com for details. by June 21. No payment accepted at the door. For ZERO WASTE FAIR The seventh annual more information or quesZero Waste Fair, hosted by I Love A Clean San Diego and TURN TO CALENDAR ON 15
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CYCLISTS RIDE along the newest segment of the seven-mile North Coast Bike Trail over the weekend in Encinitas. The recent completions include new bike and pedestrian connections from Solana Beach to Encinitas and a new trail bridge suspended from the San Elijo Lagoon highway bridge. Photo by Jacqueline Covey
Cyclists, pedestrians traverse new trails By Jacqueline Covey
ENCINITAS — Early Saturday, bicyclists enjoyed the view of San Elijo Lagoon from a jellyfish-shaped vantage point on the newest connector segment of the seven-mile North Coast Bike Trail. “It’s beautiful,” said bicyclist David Wang of his northbound ride from Solana Beach to the I-5 Vista Point rest area — a giant concrete jellyfish — along the highway just south of Birmingham Drive. Earlier this month, construction was completed on the overlook and a system of new paths that run parallel the freeway as part of the San Diego Association of Governments’ 40year North Coast Corridor Program, which partners with Caltrans, TransNet and other state and local agencies. As of June 4, bike and
RECENTLY COMPLETED I-5 Vista Point is an overlook shaped like a jellyfish just south of Birmingham Drive. Courtesy photo/ SANDAG
foot traffic connects from Solana Beach to Encinitas via paths along Manchester Avenue and I-5. The project also extended Solana Hills Trails and built a new suspension bridge over the San Elijo Lagoon, underneath the Manchester Avenue overpass. “I’m really excited
about the expansion of our bike network,” said Mayor Catherine Blakespear. “We’ve been working to provide safe, convenient, beautiful and well-designed bike paths for several years. I love seeing the joy on people’s faces when they ride in our city.” Build NCC, the pack-
age of the North County project that focuses on improvement projects in Solana Beach, Encinitas and Carlsbad, is expected to wrap up next year. Build NCC is the first phase of the 40-year program that aims to improve bike and pedestrian connectivity for about $869 million, according to the Build NCC home page. “It’s better than down there,” said Serge Issakov, a bicyclist referring to the shared bike path on Coast Highway 101. Issakov, like many cyclists, generally does his pedaling over the weekends — as many flock to the beach. “It’s great,” Issakov, said, adding that the new path enhances safety and helps cyclists “avoid things that would cause you to
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