Solana Beach News

Welcome to the bright and colorful world of Shannon Lerach and Todd Murphy. The young Solana Beach couple was inspired by photos of an old library and coral reefs with bright blues and greens.

TEMECULA The Highwayman Show, featuring Tony Suraci, is coming to Keyways Winery in Temecula Wine County on June 15 from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $55 and include the show and BBQ.

Beer and wine could be served, but alcohol sales would be prohibited. The number of guests would be limited and gatherings would have to end by 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

We're used to thinking about wine varietals. Now we have raw honey varietals. I found Rachel Adams of San Diego Honey Company at her booth at the Solana Beach Farmers Market a couple of Sunday afternoons ago.

Hop on the Coaster, or park your car at the Solana Beach train station. There is a free shuttle to the fairgrounds, and Pizza Port is a stone's throw away.

FILE PHOTO: With Montebello Housing Development Corporation President, Robert Monzon , right, at his side, State Senator Ron Calderon holds news conference at the Bella Circle Housing development in Montebello, Friday, January 29, 2010, to announce his legislation to expand a 10,000 housing credit for first-time home buyers.

The two-day outdoor music festival at Fletcher Cove is a crowd favorite and helps to benefit the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Solana Beach property owners have every right to be furious over a land-use plan, 13 years in the making, that the North County coastal town's City Council approved May 22. Among other restrictions, it forces blufftop property owners to reapply for sea wall permits every 20 years, give up rights to private stairways to the beach when a stairway ... (more)

Steal your face, right off, Mickey Hart's head? The Grateful Dead drummer is taking expression to a whole new level with the release of his new album Superorganism and the Mickey Hart Band tour to follow.

She will succeed Carol Parish who is retiring at the end of this school year. McNamara, 49, hails from the Solana Beach School District where she has been the assistant superintendent of instructional services since 2004.

City parks employees are proposing to start a reservation system in early 2014, allowing people to book spots in advance at several of Moonlight Beach's fire rings as well as some of the most popular covered picnic areas in the city's parks.

Stephen and Damian Marley performing at the 2nd annual Life Fest, Peace and Love Concert, held at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Hope Road, on Saturday, May 1, 2010.

Star-crossed love is not the exclusive domain of the houses of Montague and Capulet.

Terry A. Rondberg believes strongly in the power of juice - both the drinkable and the electromagnetic - to help ease pain, reduce stress and prevent disease.

Cash rules everything and this exhibit focuses on how it is used, abused and gained in today's economy.

The blaze started in a two-story home along Benchly Road near Gaffney Court just before 10 p.m. Monday, not far from Torrey Pines High School.

The powerful California Coastal Commission is imposing 20-year caps on permits to build concrete walls that prevent homes from sliding into the sea.

Deputies from the Encinitas Sheriff's Station held a checkpoint from 8 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday in Solana Beach in the 500 block of North Highway 101, near East Cliff Street.

Terry A. Rondberg believes strongly in the power of juice - both the drinkable and the electromagnetic - to help ease pain, reduce stress and prevent disease.

A respected principal, who has been involved with public education for two decades, Fregoso's school last year scored a paltry 678 on the state Academic Performance Index that measures how much kids are learning.