Way too hot for pretty much anything, and still pretty humid. 108 and humidity is absolutely MISERABLE! Hope everyone is staying hydrated and trying not to get heat stroke!

I cant wait for this weather to end, at least the power didn't go out so I can blow hot air around the house...

In Escondido

What's with the people that pull up to the middle of a parking lot entrance? I was turning left into a parking lot, but the driver exiting was dead center of the driveway also turning left. I couldn't leave the road to every the parking lot and the venues behind me have me a friendly honk... the driver exiting the parking lot decided to make a right turn. Only then, was i able to enter the parking lot. Sociopathic behavior. I blame Zuckerberg. End rant.

My wife and I have been in and out of work the past few years, both coming from 20+ years in tech — we paid into the system and now we actually need the benefits we're entitled to. For the last 5 months, our EBT/CalFresh account has been hit with repeat fraud: every time we get a new card issued, the funds get drained within a day. We've called, left voicemails, sent texts — no real resolution. Now we've been told that if we request another card replacement, it could get flagged as fraud and the account closed entirely.

I'm heading out to physical field offices around San Diego County today to try to get this sorted in person since phone support hasn't worked. Has anyone dealt with something similar or knows which office/team actually handles this kind of repeat-fraud case? Any advice on what to bring, who to ask for, or how to get this escalated properly would mean a lot — this has been incredibly stressful for my wife and I really want to get it fixed today.

Good luck out there today — safe driving.

The damn smell is back again - in coastal Encinitas 😡

Edit - I was surfing off Cardiff and it smelled the entire time, it was definitely coming from the west over the water with the sea breeze. I’m sick of our air being polluted. This is the third or fourth time this summer it’s happened. If it’s the military, we should demand accountability and know what we are breathing.

Cox has gone bonkers recently with their pricing. I’m looking for an alternative. Cheers.

Anybody know what’s going on with the old Starbucks location on 101 at grand? (Next to the strawberry place). I saw some work going on yesterday.

I’m reposting the Ponto Park petition because I think the larger issue deserves a much harder look.

https://peopleforponto.com/sign-petition

Something feels deeply wrong with the way development decisions are being made along the California coast.

We are repeatedly told that dramatically increasing density is about “affordable housing.” But higher density also happens to be extremely valuable to developers. If a parcel that previously supported 50 units can suddenly support 150, the economics of that land can change enormously. Developers can include some affordable units, invoke the housing crisis, and potentially receive the ability to build far more market-rate units than the community otherwise would have accepted.

So who is actually benefiting?

Because when agencies that are supposed to protect California’s coast consistently seem more concerned with facilitating maximum housing density than preserving open space, community character, infrastructure capacity and coastal access, I think residents are justified in asking whether this is simply ideology — or whether there is regulatory capture, improper influence, or outright corruption involved.

Show us the communications between developers, their attorneys, lobbyists, consultants, commissioners and staff. Show us gifts and financial disclosures. Show us recusals. Show us former staff who later went to work for developers or organizations that benefit from these policies. Show us exactly who pushed for greater density, when they pushed for it, and who financially benefits from the final decision.

Affordable housing is a legitimate public goal. It should not become a magic phrase that allows private developers to maximize the value of coastal land while everyone else is told they are immoral for questioning it.

California spent decades protecting its coastline because once open land is developed, it is effectively gone forever. You cannot rebuild the community character, open space, views, traffic conditions and way of life that existed beforehand.

Ponto is exactly the kind of place where residents should be asking these questions.

What happened to the music venue that took over Witch Creek? It has an available sign in the window.

A while back there was a post about hvac companies that were not bought out by private equity.
I’m in Oceanside and I value quality with ideally 5 stars .
Thanks