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Encinitas already has one of the region's busiest drive-thru Starbucks. It's in Leucadia just west of Interstate 5 on Orpheus Avenue. This new quick coffee option is proposed to take over a now-vacant, former KFC restaurant in the Vons shopping center on El Camino Real.

The prime coastal property in north Leucadia will be maintained as open space

Walls between popular grill and former Beach House restaurant to be knocked down to create super-sized facility with space for multiple events at once.

CARLSBAD Exhibitors invited for ‘Older, Bolder’ expo The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce is planning its first Older & Bolder Expo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A renewed push to expand alcohol restrictions in downtown Encinitas surfaced this week as the city continues to struggle to curb late-night noise and public intoxication in that area.

Encinitas —  A proposal to combine two ocean-view buildings along south Cardiff’s Restaurant Row and create one super-sized facility with space for multiple wedding receptions has won its first set of permit approvals. The Encinitas Planning Commission voted 3-1, with Commission Chairman Glenn O’Grady opposed and Commissioner Al Apuzzo absent, to grant the project a design review permit and a minor-use permit. Next, it’s on to the state Coastal Commission. Pacific Coast Grill owner St...

Agricultural land sold Photo courtesy of Lee & Associates The Pauma band of Luiseno Mission Indians has acquired 140 acres of ranch land along State Route 76 adjacent to Casino Pauma. The property was sold for $5 million by FRP Properties, LLC. Matt Weaver and Al Apuzzo of Lee & Associates North San Diego County represented the seller. Mike Fitzsimmons of Pauma Valley Realty represented the Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. The property features producing citrus and avocado...

Print Plans to demolish aging Cardiff Elementary School classrooms and rebuild much of the campus can move forward despite a legal battle over a school parkland area, the Encinitas Planning Commission has decided. The vote Thursday, April 18, to support the school district’s coastal development permit request was 3-0, with Commissioner Bruce Ehlers absent and Commissioner Brett Farrow recusing himself because he lives near the Montgomery Avenue school site. Commission approval can be appealed...

A Cardiff By The Sea office building has been sold for more than $3.7 million. The 4,748 square-foot building at 119 Aberdeen Drive was sold by 119 Cardiff, LLC to 119 Aberdeen Drive, LLC. Matt Weaver and Al Apuzzo of Lee & Associates North San Diego County represented the buyer. Amy McNamara of Urban Property Group and Marc Posthumous of Colliers International represented the seller. The buyer intends to occupy half of the building while leasing out the other half to the existing tenant.